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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Joey Karate (ranked 2985 p4p, 329 weight class) and Long Thai (ranked 1814 p4p, 221 weight class). Karate comes to the cage accompanied by Shot Em'. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Long Thai enters the cage!
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164 lbs
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165 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Great elbows
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joey Karate!
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, Long Thai!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karate swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Thai follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Karate tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Thai paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Karate scores with a shot to the body.
Karate throws a body shot but no joy.
Thai wants to counter with a clinch but Karate pushes him away.
Joey Karate seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thai buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Karate just misses with a punch to the body.
Thai avoids the body shot from Karate.
Karate misses the jab.
Karate is looking to wear down Thai with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karate tries to clinch there but Thai circles away.
Karate misses with a jab to the body
and Thai moves into the clinch.
Thai tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Karate just misses with a elbow thrown towards Thai's brow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thai tries to land knees in the clinch but Karate avoids the damage to the body.
Karate pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Karate swings wildly with an uppercut but Thai uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thai's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Thai lands a damaging elbow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Karate throws an elbow but misses.
Karate takes an elbow to the forehead.
Thai utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Thai's coach down at Crapollas Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Thai's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Karate stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Thai.
Thai tries to land knees in the clinch but Karate avoids the damage to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Karate.
Thai using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Karate has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Karate misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karate misses with an elbow strike.
Thai tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Karate stalling against the cage.
Karate lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Thai.
Karate blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Karate.
Karate takes a knee to the side of the body.
Thai misses with a knee to the head.
A short right from Karate on the inside.
Karate throws an elbow but it misses.
Karate swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Karate avoids the elbow strike from Thai, against the cage.
Karate misses with some punches.
Karate misses with a hook to the ribs.
Thai blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karate creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Karate managing to block the knees to the body from Thai.
Karate misses with a hook to the ribs.
Karate takes a knee right on the jaw!
Karate swings wildly with an uppercut but Thai uses good head movement to avoid it.
Karate can't find room to land a body shot as Thai controls the action.
Thai breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Karate takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Karate tries to clinch but Thai moves out of range.
Thai is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Karate misses the shot to the body.
Karate tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thai was well out of range. Poor timing from Karate.
Thai looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Karate connects with a crisp jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karate tries to clinch up but Thai circles away and keeps his distance.
Thai tries to clinch there but Karate circles away.
Karate misses with a looping left.
Thai is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Karate misses with a hook
and Thai counters with an outside leg kick.
Karate throws a lazy right hand but Thai sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Thai connects with a solid leg kick.
Karate takes a swing at Thai's ribcage but misses.
Thai raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Karate cracks a nice hook into Thai's ribs.
Karate scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Thai swats away the attempt to clinch by Karate.
Thai steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Karate.
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 Joey Karate will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Karate pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Karate swings for the body but Thai moves out of range.
Karate fails in his attempt to clinch.
Thai is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Karate is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Thai wants to counter the offense by Karate and move into the clinch position.
Karate throws a shot to the body.
Karate throws a body shot but no joy.
Thai is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karate swings widly with a right hand
and Thai counters with a nice uppercut.
Thai throws a low kick but it's checked well by Karate.
Thai clinches with his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karate stalling in the clinch but Thai improves position.
Thai throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Karate blocks it with crossed arms.
Karate just leaning against Thai, taking a breather.
Karate is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Thai is keeping busy.
Karate on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Thai lands an elbow just above Karate 's eye.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Karate.
Karate takes a knee to the side of the body.
A knee to the head by Thai.
Karate tries a body shot but Thai blocks it.
Thai creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Karate's defenses.
Karate tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Karate just misses with a elbow thrown towards Thai's brow.
Thai creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Karate's defenses.
Thai blocks an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thai crunches a lovely knee into Karate's ribcage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thai with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Karate takes an elbow to the forehead.
Thai blocks the elbow strike.
Thai lands a knee to the head.
Nice body punch from Karate.
Karate lands with a light punch inside.
Thai trying to land knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Thai.
Karate misses with an elbow strike.
Karate misses with a punch on the inside.
Thai avoids the elbow strike from Karate, against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Karate.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Karate just misses with a elbow thrown towards Thai's brow.
Karate is pushing Thai up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karate on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Karate tries to throw a body punch but Thai avoids it by throwing Karate back against the cage.
Karate pushes off an throws an elbow but Thai leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Thai lands an elbow inside.
Knees to the body from Thai.
Karate working aggressively here.
Karate misses with a hook to the ribs.
Karate pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Karate takes an elbow to the temple.
Thai misses with a knee strike.
Thai pushes off an throws an elbow but Karate leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Thai breaks the clinch.
Karate pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karate takes a swing at Thai's ribcage but misses.
Thai throws a big counter head kick but Karate avoids it with no problem.
Thai uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Karate.
It seemed like Thai was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Karate misses with a hook. Thai ducked under it nicely.
Thai wants to counter with a clinch but Karate pushes him away.
Karate tries to clinch there but Thai circles away.
Thai tries to counter by closing the distance.
Thai takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The crowd cheers as Karate lands an impressive looking overhand right. Thai doesn't seem phased though.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Karate blocks a head kick by Thai.
Karate moves in looking to clinch but Thai pushes him off.
Thai wants to counter the offense by Karate and move into the clinch position.
Thai swats away the attempt to clinch by Karate.
Thai doesn't manage to clinch there - Karate circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Long Thai 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!
Karate misses with an uppercut. Thai saw that one coming.
Thai wants to counter with a clinch but Karate pushes him away.
Karate misses the shot to the body.
Karate tries to work over Thai's front leg with a kick but Thai checks it.
Karate misses with a body shot
and Thai counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Karate misses with a punch on the inside.
Thai is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Karate is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Thai is keeping busy.
Karate misses with a shot to the kidneys.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karate throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Thai avoids the elbow strike from Karate, against the cage.
Thai breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Karate looks to throw the jab but Thai is out of range.
Thai circles away from the clinch attempt.
Thai counters with a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karate throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Thai sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Thai uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Karate.
Karate tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Thai appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Thai on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Karate tries to clinch but Thai moves out of range.
Thai looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Karate throws a hook but Thai avoids it easily.
Thai moves out of range as Karate strikes.
Thai throws a big counter head kick but Karate avoids it with no problem.
Thai lands a head kick. Karate smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Karate looks to score with a jab to the body but Thai is just out of range.
Thai wants to counter the offense by Karate and move into the clinch position.
Karate rushes Thai and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thai lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Karate misses with a hook from the clinch.
Thai is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Karate is defending well for now.
Thai manages to break the clinch.
Karate throws a right hand that misses
and Thai counters with a nice body kick.
Karate getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Karate darts in and clinches Thai up against the cage.
Thai is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Karate goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Thai is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Long Thai seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Karate can't find room to land a body shot as Thai controls the action.
Karate swings wildly with an uppercut but Thai uses good head movement to avoid it.
Karate misses with an elbow over the top.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karate misses with a hook to the ribs.
Karate throws an elbow that misses.
Karate pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Thai trying to land knees to the body.
Thai misses with a knee to the head.
Karate lands an elbow inside.
Karate throws an elbow that misses.
Karate fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Karate looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Thai's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Karate misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Thai.
A swing and a miss from Karate.
Thai looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Karate misses with a hook
and Thai counters with a body kick that stops Karate in his tracks momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karate throws a body shot but no joy.
Thai takes a jab right on the kisser.
Karate tries to clinch but Thai moves out of range.
Thai wants to counter with a clinch but Karate pushes him away.
Karate keeps the fight on the outside.
Karate tries to clinch but Thai moves out of range.
Karate sets himself, and Thai steps forward looking for the clinch! Karate avoids it this time.
Karate misses the jab.
Thai throws out a counter right but Karate avoids it with no problem.
Thai keeps the fight on the outside.
And Thai responds with a good body kick, but Karate manages to step out the way in time.
Karate missing with a left hand there. Thai was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Thai takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Karate lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
And that's the end of the fight!
Joey Karate showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Karate has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joey Karate!
A very excited looking Joey Karate 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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