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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Larusso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benjamin Thumbhisbum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Larusso comes to the cage accompanied by Glory of love. This should be fireworks!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Daniel Larusso!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Benjamin Thumbhisbum!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Taro Takaoka and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thumbhisbum moves out of range as Larusso throws a body kick.
Larusso connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Thumbhisbum tries to land a front kick but Larusso steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Larusso seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Larusso throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Larusso looks to throw the jab but Thumbhisbum is out of range.
Thumbhisbum looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Larusso misses with a head kick.
Larusso tries to land a front kick but Thumbhisbum steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Thumbhisbum jabs Larusso to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Larusso tries to land a body kick
and Thumbhisbum counters with a stiff right hand.
Larusso throws a chopping leg kick but Thumbhisbum manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Thumbhisbum throws a looping overhand right but Larusso ducks down to avoid it.
Larusso drops his hands momentarily and Thumbhisbum takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Larusso throws a head kick but Thumbhisbum moves out of range.
A big left from Larusso misses.
Larusso looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Thumbhisbum throws a head kick that Larusso semi-blocks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Larusso on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Larusso throws a solid leg kick but Thumbhisbum takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Larusso.
Thumbhisbum looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Thumbhisbum fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Larusso has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Thumbhisbum scores with a jab to the body.
Larusso misses with a left hand
and Thumbhisbum counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Larusso throws a body kick that misses
enabling Thumbhisbum to counter with a crisp jab.
Larusso tries a head kick but it misses.
Thumbhisbum feints a counter leg kick.
Thumbhisbum looks to land a combination but Larusso avoids it well.
We've been informed that Thumbhisbum has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Larusso blocks a low kick nicely.
Larusso cracks the inside of Thumbhisbum's front leg.
Larusso's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Thumbhisbum connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Larusso scrambles back to his feet.
Larusso avoids the head kick by Thumbhisbum.
Larusso looks to throw a body kick
letting Thumbhisbum counter with a right hand.
Larusso on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Thumbhisbum bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Larusso's head.
Thumbhisbum blocks a head kick by Larusso.
Larusso throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Larusso connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Thumbhisbum misses with a looping left.
Thumbhisbum misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Larusso.
Larusso avoids a kick to the body.
Thumbhisbum staying out of range there.
A countering left hand to the body from Thumbhisbum misses.
Larusso misses with a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Larusso staying out of range there.
Larusso throwing a counter right hand but Thumbhisbum manages to avoid it.
Thumbhisbum checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Larusso throws a body kick that misses.
A low kick from Larusso misses
and Thumbhisbum counters with a straight right hand.
Larusso moves out of range of the strikes.
No joy there for Thumbhisbum, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Thumbhisbum circles away from the clinch attempt.
Larusso lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Larusso misses with a straight left.
Larusso throws a leg kick but Thumbhisbum checks it.
Thumbhisbum is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Larusso had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Larusso drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Thumbhisbum scores with a hook.
Thumbhisbum scoring well with a low kick there.
Larusso throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Larusso tries to clinch but Thumbhisbum is having none of it.
Larusso misses with a body kick.
It seemed like Thumbhisbum was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Larusso connects with a solid leg kick.
Thumbhisbum dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Larusso. That did some damage!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Larusso looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Thumbhisbum avoids a kick to the body.
Larusso throws a nice outside leg kick.
Larusso works the jab nicely.
Larusso throws a nice looking combination but Thumbhisbum bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Larusso tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Larusso goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Larusso shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Larusso steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Thumbhisbum.
Thumbhisbum throws a nice inside leg kick.
Larusso is looking to land body kicks.
Larusso throws a hook but Thumbhisbum avoids it easily.
A jab from Thumbhisbum misses.
Larusso misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Larusso throws an overhand right that lands on Thumbhisbum's shoulder, as Thumbhisbum tries to avoid the shot.
Larusso ducks right into an uppercut from Thumbhisbum.
Thumbhisbum digs a good hook to Larusso's body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thumbhisbum smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Thumbhisbum tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Larusso takes one to the chin there.
Larusso drops his hands momentarily and Thumbhisbum takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Thumbhisbum throws a right and a left that Larusso avoids nicely.
Larusso is looking to counter punch.
Thumbhisbum throws a sloppy head kick and Larusso moves out of range easily.
Larusso misses with a body kick.
Thumbhisbum attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A swing and a miss from Thumbhisbum.
Larusso missing with a left hand there. Thumbhisbum was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice shot lands for Thumbhisbum.
The fighters circling - Larusso throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Larusso misses with a body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thumbhisbum with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Thumbhisbum checks a leg kick.
Thumbhisbum scores with a hook to the body. Larusso takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Thumbhisbum looks to throw the jab but Larusso is out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Benjamin Thumbhisbum dominated that round.
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.
Thumbhisbum takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Thumbhisbum lands a nice leg kick that just misses Larusso's sensitive parts.
A combination from Larusso does no damage.
Thumbhisbum looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Larusso stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Thumbhisbum.
Thumbhisbum scores with a jab.
Larusso throws a nice inside leg kick.
Larusso moves away from the strike by Thumbhisbum.
Thumbhisbum listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Thumbhisbum takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Thumbhisbum throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A head kick misses from Larusso.
Larusso throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Larusso tries to bum rush Thumbhisbum with a series of wild strikes but Thumbhisbum uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Thumbhisbum lands with a nice combination. Larusso backs away looking to recover.
A left lands for Thumbhisbum.
A leg kick checked by Larusso.
Larusso is looking to slow Thumbhisbum down with leg kicks.
Thumbhisbum thuds his shin into the meat of Larusso's side.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Larusso might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Larusso throws a nice inside leg kick.
The fighters circling - Larusso throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Larusso throws a lazy uppercut
letting Thumbhisbum counter with a right hand.
Donk. Thumbhisbum catches Larusso right on the button with a cross.
Larusso throws a leg kick but Thumbhisbum sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Larusso looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Thumbhisbum ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Larusso moves away.
Larusso scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Thumbhisbum doesn't seem bothered though.
Larusso slips under a jab from Thumbhisbum.
Thumbhisbum fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Larusso.
Thumbhisbum slips under a jab.
Larusso backing away here, and Thumbhisbum unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Larusso takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Larusso with a nice cross.
Thumbhisbum misses with a looping right.
Nice shot lands for Thumbhisbum.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Larusso pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Thumbhisbum lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
A head kick by Larusso misses
and Thumbhisbum counters with a straight right hand.
Benjamin Thumbhisbum seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Larusso throws a head kick that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Larusso tries to score with a low kick but Thumbhisbum moves his leg out of the way.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Thumbhisbum in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Larusso rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Thumbhisbum moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A punch lands to the side of Thumbhisbum 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Larusso misses with a head kick.
A big left from Larusso misses.
Thumbhisbum misses with a wild body shot.
Larusso thinks about countering with a head kick.
Thumbhisbum checks the leg kick.
Thumbhisbum lands a nice leg kick that just misses Larusso's sensitive parts.
Thumbhisbum connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A good leg kick by Thumbhisbum.
Thumbhisbum misses with a straight right.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Thumbhisbum.
Larusso takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Nice jab there from Thumbhisbum.
Thumbhisbum lands a jab-cross combination.
Larusso avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Thumbhisbum misses with a series of wild punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Larusso throws a body kick that misses.
Larusso misses with a looping right.
Thumbhisbum looks to land a right hand but Larusso moved out of range.
Larusso is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Thumbhisbum looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A head kick misses from Larusso.
Thumbhisbum feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Larusso's calf.
Larusso misses with a left hand
and Thumbhisbum counters with a series of strikes. Larusso will be more careful next time no doubt.
Thumbhisbum keeps the fight on the outside.
It seemed like Thumbhisbum was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Larusso jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jab, jab by Thumbhisbum - just one landing.
Thumbhisbum has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Larusso dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Thumbhisbum. That did some damage!
Thumbhisbum checks a leg kick.
Larusso is looking to land body kicks.
Larusso swings away with a body shot that misses
and Thumbhisbum counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Larusso is defended easily by Thumbhisbum.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Thumbhisbum 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Thumbhisbum. Larusso shrugs it off though.
Thumbhisbum lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Larusso takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Larusso attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Thumbhisbum lands a really nice looking cross but Larusso seems unphased.
Thumbhisbum lands a leg kick that knocks Larusso off balance momentarily.
A chopping leg kick lands by Larusso.
Thumbhisbum wants to land a leg kick but Larusso is out of range.
Benjamin Thumbhisbum seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Thumbhisbum scores with a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Thumbhisbum.
Thumbhisbum gets caught napping as Larusso dives in and scores a takedown. Thumbhisbum manages to retain guard.
Larusso has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Thumbhisbum is proving hard to escape from.
Thumbhisbum wants to sweep here but Larusso controlling him for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Benjamin Thumbhisbum showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Larusso throws out a loose jab but Thumbhisbum uses good head movement to avoid it.
Larusso slips a jab from Thumbhisbum.
Larusso feinted there with a counter leg kick.
A big right from Larusso misses.
The crowd cheers as Thumbhisbum lands an impressive looking overhand right. Larusso doesn't seem phased though.
Larusso has managed to clinch.
Larusso missing with knees to the body.
Larusso stalling in the clinch but Thumbhisbum improves position.
Thumbhisbum prevents a body shot from Larusso.
Thumbhisbum lands with a left to the head.
Thumbhisbum working aggressively here.
Larusso manages to break the clinch.
Jab by Larusso.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Larusso takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Larusso thumps Thumbhisbum with a low kick.
Larusso lands with a kick to the ribs.
Larusso on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thumbhisbum scores with a nice head shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Thumbhisbum blocks the leg kick.
Larusso misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Larusso feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Thumbhisbums jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Thumbhisbum throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Thumbhisbum misses with a looping right.
Larusso fires out a quick counter leg kick but Thumbhisbum just manages to avoid it.
Thumbhisbum on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Thumbhisbum bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Thumbhisbum misses with a two punch combination.
Thumbhisbum slips under a jab from Larusso.
Thumbhisbum fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Thumbhisbum throws a series of punches but Larusso avoids them all with ease.
Larusso swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Larusso has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Thumbhisbum finds it's way round the side to connect with Larusso's head.
A low kick from Larusso is predictable there
letting Thumbhisbum counter with a right hand.
Larusso ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A shot to the body from Larusso misses
and Thumbhisbum counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thumbhisbum blocks a jab.
Larusso looks to score with a jab to the body but Thumbhisbum is just out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Larusso misses with a body shot
and Thumbhisbum counters with a nice uppercut.
Thumbhisbum throws a head kick but Larusso moves out of range.
Larusso throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Thumbhisbum throws a right and a left that Larusso avoids nicely.
Larusso misses with a looping right.
Thumbhisbum throws out a powerful jab.
Larusso uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Larusso tries to close the distance and clinch up but Thumbhisbum swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Thumbhisbum lands with a hook. Larusso tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Thumbhisbum buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Larusso slips a jab from Thumbhisbum.
Thumbhisbum missing with a left hand there. Larusso was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Larusso scores with a nice head shot.
Larusso throws a wild body kick that Thumbhisbum sees coming a mile off.
Thumbhisbum goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Nice uppercut lands for Thumbhisbum. That snapped Larusso's head back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thumbhisbum misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Thumbhisbum tried to score with a low kick but Larusso checks it.
Thumbhisbum closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Thumbhisbum throws a lazy right hand but Larusso sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Larusso closes this distance looking for a takedown but Thumbhisbum circles away.
Nice cross by Larusso.
Larusso is looking to land body kicks.
Thumbhisbum chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Larusso attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Thumbhisbum will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Thumbhisbum tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nice body kick there by Larusso.
Thumbhisbum looks to score with a jab to the body but Larusso is just out of range.
Larusso blocks the body kick.
Larusso throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Benjamin Thumbhisbum is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Larusso lets loose with a powerful body kick. Thumbhisbum will feel that in the morning.
Thumbhisbum takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thumbhisbum checks the leg kick.
Larusso dodges the punch combination from Thumbhisbum.
Larusso jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Thumbhisbum tries to land a leg kick but Larusso saw it coming and moves away.
Larusso was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Thumbhisbum misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Thumbhisbum has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Thumbhisbum there as he acknowledges the shot.
Daniel Larusso has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Larusso looks to score with a jab to the body but Thumbhisbum is just out of range.
Good exchange - Larusso coming out on top.
A clash of legs there as Thumbhisbum blocks the low kick.
Larusso takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thumbhisbum ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Thumbhisbum throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
It looked like Larusso wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Thumbhisbum thows a leg kick but Larusso checks it
and Larusso counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Larusso.
Thumbhisbum breaks the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Benjamin Thumbhisbum comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Thumbhisbum winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 27:30
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 27:30
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Benjamin Thumbhisbum!
After winning the bout, Benjamin Thumbhisbum 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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