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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bryan Thompson (ranked 2974 p4p, 311 weight class) and Andrew Balderas (ranked 3397 p4p, 347 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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165 lbs
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175 cm
25
164 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Prefers standup |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin |
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bryan Thompson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Andrew Balderas!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Paulo Santos and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balderas throws a predictable looking body shot
and Thompson counters with a three punch combo that has Balderas backing up. Balderas nods at Thompson to acknowledge the strikes.
We've been told by Thompson's head coaches at The Kegerator - 550$ that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Thompson pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Balderas back to the cage. Thompson follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Thompson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Balderas throws a sloppy body shot
and Thompson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Thompson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Thompson scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Balderas throws a predictable looking body shot
and Thompson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Thompson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Balderas walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A shot to the body from Balderas misses
and Thompson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Thompson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Thompson scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Thompson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Thompson throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Balderas throws a sloppy body shot
and Thompson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balderas misses with a hook to the body
and Thompson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Thompson scores with a jab to the body.
Balderas is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Thompson rather than just go for the knockout.
Balderas tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thompson was well out of range. Poor timing from Balderas.
As Balderas looks to move away, Thompson throws a big counter combo but Balderas just gets out of the way.
Some wild striking there from Balderas.
Balderas rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Thompson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Thompson is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Thompson throws a series of punches but Balderas moves out of range.
Balderas misses with a jab to the body
and Thompson counters with a nice uppercut.
Bryan Thompson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Balderas takes a swing at Thompson's ribcage but misses.
Balderas throws a combination that misses
letting Thompson counter with a right hand.
Balderas cracks Thompson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Balderas takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Thompson swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Balderas.
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!
Balderas throws a combination that misses
and Balderas takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balderas takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Thompson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Thompson avoids the body shot from Balderas.
Balderas takes a swing at Thompson's ribcage but misses.
Balderas walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Balderas throws an off balance right hand
letting Thompson counter with a right hand.
Balderas swinging wildly here.
Balderas lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Balderas.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Thompson moves out of range of the strikes.
Balderas tests Thompson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Balderas swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Thompson to counter with a crisp jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bryan Thompson dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Balderas throws a right and a left that Thompson avoids nicely.
Thompson scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Balderas lands a jab to Thompson's midsection.
Balderas misses with a hook to the body
and Thompson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Thompson jabs Balderas to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Balderas fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Thompson scores with the left hand. Balderas knows he should have avoided that one.
Thompson lands a body shot.
Thompson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Thompson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Balderas.
It looked like Thompson was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Balderas throws a nice looking combination but Thompson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Balderas dodges the punch combination from Thompson.
Balderas misses with a combination
and Thompson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balderas misses with a combination
and Thompson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bryan Thompson is winning the standup battle so far.
Thompson misses with a double jab.
Bryan Thompson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Balderas throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Thompson.
The crowd cheers as Thompson lands an impressive looking overhand right. Balderas doesn't seem phased though.
Balderas misses with a double jab
and Thompson counters with a stiff right hand.
Thompson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Balderas misses with a jab to the body
and Thompson counters with a nice uppercut.
Balderas misses with a shot to the body
and Thompson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Thompson lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Balderas backs up against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thompson lands a nice shot that snaps Balderas's head back.
Balderas's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Thompson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Balderas scrambles back to his feet.
Thompson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Balderas can do to turn this around?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balderas tries to move into range but Thompson moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Thompson lands a slapping body shot.
Thompson scores with a jab to the body.
Thompson swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Balderas.
Thompson sizes up Balderas with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Thompson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Left hook, right uppercut from Thompson.
Thompson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Balderas avoids the body shot from Thompson.
Balderas throws a combination that misses
and Balderas takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thompson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Balderas misses with an uppercut.
Balderas misses with a two punch combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bryan Thompson dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Sloppy strikes from Balderas. Those never looked like landing.
Thompson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Balderas's head.
Balderas slips a jab and a cross from Thompson.
As Thompson backs off Balderas throws a huge counter combo but Thompson manages to avoid it all.
Balderas misses with a body shot
and Thompson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Balderas lands a two punch combo.
Balderas misses with a two punch combination.
Thompson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Thompson scores with a shot to the body.
Balderas throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Thompson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Balderas thinking.
Balderas has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Thompson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A combination from Thompson does no damage.
As Thompson backs off Balderas throws a huge counter combo but Thompson manages to avoid it all.
Balderas throws a right hand that Thompson ducks under and follows up with a left that Thompson also avoids with ease.
Balderas throws a right hand that Thompson ducks under and follows up with a left that Thompson also avoids with ease.
Thompson dodges the punch combination from Balderas.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balderas throws a right hand that misses
and Thompson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Thompson scores with a hook.
Thompson scores with a three punch combo!
Balderas rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Thompson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Thompson looks to land a combination. Balderas sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Thompson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Balderas throws a right hand that misses
and Thompson counters with a two punch combo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fighters circle momentarily. Thompson darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Balderas scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Balderas scores with a one two! Thompson had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Thompson with a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Thompson lands an overhand right.
Thompson displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Balderas throws a big shot that misses.
Balderas lands with an uppercut that bounces Thompson off the cage and back into range.
Thompson feints a jab promting Balderas to slip. Thompson then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Balderas slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Thompson lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Balderas might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Thompson has got the better of the exchanges.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Balderas misses with a hook
and Thompson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Balderas misses the shot to the body.
Andrew Balderas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bryan Thompson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
No joy there for Balderas, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bryan Thompson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Thompson 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bryan Thompson!
A very excited looking Bryan Thompson 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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RATING
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