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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Goodwill (ranked 4269 p4p, 369 weight class) and Billy Bob Thornton (ranked 3324 p4p, 301 weight class). John Goodwill has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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270 lbs
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250 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big right hand |
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Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, John Goodwill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Billy Bob Thornton!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Aafke Stam and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thornton ducks under a wild hook from Goodwill.
Thornton looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Thornton moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Thornton gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Goodwill is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Thornton is defending well for now.
Goodwill tries a knee to the head but Thornton blocks it.
Goodwill can't find room to land a body shot as Thornton controls the action.
Goodwill utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Goodwill trying to land knees to the body.
Thornton taking a breather.
Goodwill tries to land knees in the clinch but Thornton avoids the damage to the body.
Goodwill tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Thornton's elbow.
Goodwill tries a knee to the head but Thornton blocks it.
Goodwill trying to land knees to the body.
Goodwill lands a nice knee to the body.
Goodwill throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Thornton blocks it with crossed arms.
Goodwill throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Thornton scores with a shoulder strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thornton pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Thornton takes a shot to the head.
Goodwill avoids a wild elbow strike from Thornton.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Goodwill misses with a hook from the clinch.
Goodwill throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Thornton blocks it with crossed arms.
A short right from Goodwill.
Thornton takes a shot to the head.
Goodwill tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Thornton fails to land.
Goodwill swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Thornton tries to break free but Goodwill pushes him back against the cage.
Thornton takes a knee right on the jaw!
It looks like Billy Bob Thornton has been cut.
Thornton lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Goodwill backwards.
Thornton lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Goodwill tries a body shot but Thornton blocks it.
Thornton pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Goodwill takes one on the button.
Jab, jab by Thornton - just one landing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Goodwill looks to land a right hand but Thornton moved out of range.
A little jabbing left from Thornton on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Thornton lands with a good body shot.
Nice straight punches there by Thornton. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Thornton.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thornton throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Thornton drives through and clinches with Goodwill against the cage.
Thornton scores with a shoulder strike.
A frustrated look appears on Thornton's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Thornton scores with a nice short uppercut.
Goodwill pushes Thornton back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Goodwill.
Thornton avoiding damage as Goodwill throws knees to the body.
Goodwill landing knees to the head.
Goodwill pushes Thornton back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Goodwill tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Goodwill.
Goodwill throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Thornton blocks it with crossed arms.
Thornton wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Goodwill lands a knee to the body.
Thornton tries to break the clinch but Goodwill is controlling the position.
Goodwill pushes Thornton back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Thornton looks winded!
Thornton fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Thornton.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goodwill misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Goodwill missing with knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Goodwill.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Thornton creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Goodwill throws a head punch that misses.
Goodwill fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Goodwill throws a knee to the head but misses.
Goodwill scores a nice knee to the body.
Goodwill unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Thornton blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Goodwill tries to land a knee to the head but Thornton blocks with his arms.
Thornton misses with some punches.
Thornton lands with a light punch inside.
Goodwill has a couple of punches blocked by Thornton.
Goodwill struggles to land a body shot inside as Thornton controls his hands.
Goodwill keeps control of Thornton as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Goodwill swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Thornton doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Thornton scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Goodwill misses with a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Goodwill keeps control of Thornton as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Goodwill tries a body shot but Thornton blocks it.
Goodwill fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thornton lands a right hand.
Goodwill lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Thornton misses with the head strike.
Goodwill gets through Thornton's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Goodwill makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Thornton blocks an uppercut.
Thornton looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Thornton lands with a light punch inside.
Thornton throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Goodwills head.
A head punch on the inside from Goodwill fails to land.
Thornton is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Goodwill scores with a knee to the head.
Goodwill lands a right hand that snaps the head of Thornton backwards.
Goodwill with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Thornton breaks the clinch.
Nice body punch from Thornton.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that John Goodwill will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Billy Bob Thornton's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Goodwill waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Thornton.
Thornton lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Billy Bob Thornton is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Thornton clobbers Goodwill with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Thornton falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Goodwill counter with a right hand.
Goodwill fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thornton manages to avoid it.
Thornton swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Goodwill takes a swing at Thornton's ribcage but misses.
Goodwill tries to keep at a distance but Thornton has taken the fight into the clinch.
Goodwill trying to land knees to the body.
Goodwill lands a knee to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thornton lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Goodwill lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short left from Goodwill.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thornton lands a nice uppercut.
Thornton lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Goodwill misses with a knee to the head.
Goodwill swings wildly with an uppercut but Thornton uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thornton lands a left hand that snaps the head of Goodwill backwards.
Thornton breaks the clinch.
Goodwill has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
The fighters circling - Goodwill throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Goodwill misses with a hook
and Thornton counters with a big right hand! Oh Goodwill is in trouble here! Thornton follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Billy Bob Thornton!
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FIGHT
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