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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between War Holic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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200 lbs
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180 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
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BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, War Holic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Thiago Alves!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Arvi Lind and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Holic looks to land a right hand but Alves moved out of range.
Alves tries a quick counter leg kick but Holic is wise to it.
Alves keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Holic.
Holic backing away here, and Alves unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Alves tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Holic paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Holic jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Holic misses with an uppercut
and Alves counters with a slapping leg kick.
Holic swats away the attempt to clinch by Alves.
Holic throws a push kick but Alves slaps the foot to one side.
Sloppy strikes from Alves. Those never looked like landing.
Alves with a hook.
Holic misses with a hook
and Alves counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Alves wants to clinch up but Holic keeps it at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A chopping leg kick lands by Holic.
Alves tries to clinch but Holic moves out of range.
Holic lands a head shot.
Holic rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Alves moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Alves thinks about the counter body kick.
Alves tries to close the distance and clinch up but Holic swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Alves working aggressively here.
Holic misses with a body punch.
Holic scores with a shoulder strike.
Holic has a couple of punches blocked by Alves.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Holic just leaning against Alves, taking a breather.
Holic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Alves comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
It looks like War Holic has been cut.
Holic digs a right hand into Alves's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Alves's gas tank.
Holic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Our sources have told us that Holic has been working on his elbows in the gym.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Alves.
Alves is struggling to control the position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Alves.
Alves blocks an elbow strike from Holic.
Holic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Holic lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Alves backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves is stalling here.
Holic throws a head punch that misses.
Holic misses with some punches.
Holic lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short uppercut from Holic.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Holic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Holic works on Alves's body with a couple of short punches.
Alves misses with a hook from the clinch.
Alves trying to control the position but instead, Holic has worked for underhooks and has pushed Alves into the cage.
Alves blocks an uppercut.
Holic working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Alves scores a nice knee to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Holic avoids it.
Holic is stalling here.
Alves throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Holic blocks it with crossed arms.
Holic displaying some good clinch control by pressing Alves up against the cage.
Alves cracks Holic with a nice body shot.
Holic has Alves pressed against the cage.
Holic has a couple of punches blocked by Alves.
Alves digs a right hand into Holic's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Holic's gas tank.
Holic avoiding damage as Alves throws knees to the body.
Alves tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Holic working aggressively here.
Alves blocks an elbow strike from Holic.
Holic lands a right hand that snaps the head of Alves backwards.
Alves tries to land a knee to the head but Holic blocks with his arms.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holic tries to work over Alves's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Holic.
Alves tries to throw a body punch but Holic avoids it by throwing Alves back against the cage.
Alves misses with some punches.
Holic managing to block the knees to the body from Alves.
A nice left hand lands by Holic.
Holic scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Holic creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Holic has a couple of punches blocked by Alves.
Holic lands a shoulder strike.
Holic throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Alves misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Holic.
Alves creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Holic.
Holic lands with a short shot to the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Holic.
Alves holding his opponent close, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
War Holic dominated that round.
The cut man is working on War Holic's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Holic pushes Alves up against the cage in a clinch.
Holic has Alves pressed against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Alves.
A short uppercut from Holic.
Holic misses with the head strike.
Holic lands with a left to the head.
Alves trying to land knees to the body.
A short left from Holic.
Holic lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Alves makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Holic.
Holic misses with a hook from the clinch.
Holic is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Alves can do to turn this around?
Holic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Alves's elbow.
Alves stalling against the cage.
Alves throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Holics head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Holic is defending well for now.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Holic.
Holic lands a nice uppercut.
Holic swings wildly with an uppercut but Alves uses good head movement to avoid it.
Holic softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Alves.
Alves dodges an elbow strike from Holic.
Alves lands a good knee to the midsection. Holic won't want to take too many of those.
Alves blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Holic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Holic on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Holic misses with a short punch on the inside.
Holic comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Holic taking a breather.
War Holic has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Holic is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Holic is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Maybe Holic would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holic being controlled against the cage.
Alves is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Alves takes an elbow to the temple.
Alves lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Holic has Alves pressed against the cage.
Alves tries to land knees in the clinch but Holic avoids the damage to the body.
Holic lands an elbow just above Alves 's eye.
Alves tries a body shot but Holic blocks it.
Alves misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Alves pressing his opponent against the cage.
Alves controlling the action here for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holic lands a right hand that snaps the head of Alves backwards.
Alves blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Holic throws an elbow that misses.
Holic content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Holic throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Holic blocks the elbow strike.
Alves looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Holic misses with a punch on the inside.
Alves blocks the elbow strike.
Alves goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Holic will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Alves up against the cage.
Holic avoids the elbow strike from Alves, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves looking to slow down the pace here.
Alves misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Holic.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Holic as Alves tries to tie him up.
Holic creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Alves's defenses.
Alves blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Holic lands with a short shot to the head.
Alves fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Holic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Holic stalls.
Holic misses with some punches.
Holic effectively controlling the action here.
Alves wants to stall.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Holic.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
War Holic dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on War Holic's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Alves ducks under a wild hook from Holic.
Nice defenses there by Alves.
Alves steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Holic.
Alves tries to clinch but Holic is having none of it.
Holic misses with a lunging right hand
and Alves counters with an inside leg kick.
Holic loads up on a big right hand but Alves slips the punch.
Holic backing away here, and Alves unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Holic throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Holic throws a one two combo.
Holic moves into the clinch.
Alves lands an elbow just above Holic 's eye.
Alves blocks the elbow strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Holic avoiding damage as Alves throws knees to the body.
Alves with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Alves misses with an elbow strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Alves wants to stall.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Holic.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Holic stalls.
Holic lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Alves backwards.
Alves blocking some punches.
With the fighters up against the cage, Holic throws an elbow but misses.
Holic working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Holic blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Holic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Alves softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
War Holic's cut is getting worse.
Holic managing to block the knees to the body from Alves.
Holic working aggressively here.
Alves works on Holic's body with a couple of short punches.
Alves avoids the elbow strike from Holic, against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Alves takes a shot to the head.
Alves misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Holic.
Alves lands a knee to the body.
Thiago Alves has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
War Holic is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holic blocks a body shot from Alves.
Alves lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Alves doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Alves doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Alves stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Alves lands a knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Alves lands a nice elbow.
War Holic's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Alves misses with an elbow over the top.
Holic blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves misses with an elbow over the top.
Holic blocks an uppercut.
Alves is looking to control Holic's arms but Holic gets an underhook and turns him. Now Alves has his back to the cage.
Alves is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Holic is defending well for now.
Alves with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Alves tries to work over Holic's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
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.
Alves tries to land knees in the clinch but Holic avoids the damage to the body.
Alves swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Holic dodges an elbow strike from Alves.
Alves swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A right hand to the body from Alves.
Alves lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Holic blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Holic blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Alves trying to land knees to the body.
Holic on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Thiago Alves comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Holic has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 29:28
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... War Holic!
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FIGHT
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