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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tom Jenever (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Thomas's choice of entrance music: Devil went down to Georgia. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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193 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
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188 cm
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192 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut |
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tom Jenever!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Thomas!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, David Schapiro and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jenever avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jenever avoids a punch combination nicely.
Thomas misses with a series of wild punches.
Thomas throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jenever looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Jenever seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Thomas working a defensive guard here.
Jenever loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jenever tries to free his leg and advance position but Thomas is retaining full guard.
Jenever is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Thomas controls Jenever momentarily but Jenever frees himself.
Jenever showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Jenever trying to control but Thomas is working from the bottom.
Jenever wants to pass the guard but Thomas is keeping the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Thomas lands with an uppercut that bounces Jenever off the cage and back into rage.
It looks like Tom Jenever has been cut.
Thomas throws a big shot that misses.
Thomas throws a leg kick but Jenever checks it.
Jenever checks a leg kick.
Thomas misses the jab.
Jenever lands a jab to Thomas's midsection.
Jenever tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Thomas swivels and escapes.
Thomas throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Jenever on the side of the head.
Jenever will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Jenever checks a leg kick.
Jenever shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Jenever showed some decent athleticism there.
Jenever wants to pass to mount but Thomas is defending the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas wants to get back to full guard.
Jenever seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Thomas does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jenever has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Thomas is trying desperately to improve position.
Jenever controlling from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Thomas bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Thomas trying to control but Jenever is working from the bottom.
Jenever wants to sweep here but Thomas controlling him for the moment.
Jenever is trying to keep Thomas in close.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tom Jenever dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tom Jenever's cut.
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.
Jenever slips under a jab.
Thomas throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jenever closes this distance looking for a takedown but Thomas circles away.
Jenever slips a jab and a cross from Thomas.
Jenever missing with a left hand there. Thomas was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jenever moves out of range of the strikes.
Jenever misses with a hook.
Jenever changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Thomas tries to avoid it but Jenever manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Thomas to the ground. Thomas escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jenever checks a low kick from Thomas.
Jenever fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tom Jenever. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jenever keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Thomas.
Jenever misses with an uppercut.
John Thomas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jenever decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Jenever not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Jenever is trying to control the action in half guard but Thomas is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Thomas looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Thomas is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Jenever passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Thomas!
Thomas avoids a series of strikes thrown by Jenever.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas working to try and regain half guard.
Jenever dominating with strikes here.
Thomas throwing hammer fists to the chest of Jenever. What's that going to do exactly?
Thomas gets back to half guard.
Thomas is staying active underneath Jenever, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Jenever wants to pass the guard but Thomas is defending well.
Thomas blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jenever.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas tries to roll over but Jenever keeps him under control.
Jenever stalling away here and it's allowed Thomas to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Jenever missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Jenever wants to pass the guard but Thomas is keeping the position.
Thomas keeping moving, preventing Jenever from controlling successfully.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Thomas avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Jenever keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Thomas fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Thomas takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Thomas throws a right and a left that both miss.
Thomas throws an overhand right that lands on Jenever's shoulder, as Jenever tries to avoid the shot.
Thomas throws a chopping leg kick but Jenever manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Thomas pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Thomas thows a body shot but no joy.
Jenever takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Thomas lands a jab to the nose.
Nice shot by Thomas.
Jenever shoots in and bounces Thomas off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Jenever's corner is telling him to maintain position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but John Thomas will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Tom Jenever's cut.
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. This is the final round!
Thomas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A good leg kick by Thomas.
Jenever on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Thomas 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.
Decent striking displayed by Thomas there.
Jenever is rocked!
Jenever fails to land the takedown.
Oh Jenever is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Thomas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jenever seems to have got his legs back now.
Thomas with a hook.
Jenever shoots in looking for a takedown. Thomas tries to sprawl out of it but Jenever keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Thomas manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Thomas misses with a double jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jenever looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Jenever controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Jenever stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Thomas swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Thomas wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Thomas trying to keep a closed guard but Jenever is proving a slippery customer.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Thomas wants to sweep but no luck.
Thomas trying to keep a closed guard but Jenever is proving a slippery customer.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Jenever uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Thomas.
Thomas with a hook.
Thomas throws a looping overhand right but Jenever ducks down to avoid it.
Jenever with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Thomas to score with a decent uppercut.
John Thomas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jenever scores with a takedown into Thomas's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jenever stands and throws Thomas's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Jenever wants to lay and pray for a moment but Thomas keeps working.
Jenever is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Thomas is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Thomas manages to get back to half guard.
Tom Jenever overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Thomas with the active half guard here but Jenever passes nicely into side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Jenever is looking to take a break and control but Thomas is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jenever tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Jenever has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Jenever is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
And that's the end of the fight!
John Thomas comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Thomas has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Chad Campbell scores the fight 29:29
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 28:29
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... John Thomas!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
52% |
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