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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ieuan Thomas (ranked 25617 p4p, 5364 weight class) and Marek Humlos (ranked 0 p4p, 231 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Ieuan Thomas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Marek Humlos!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Chris Edwards and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Humlos shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Thomas counters by moving into the clinch.
Humlos is looking to break free of the clinch but Thomas has double underhooks.
Humlos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Humlos scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Thomas tries to score a power double leg takedown but Humlos sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Thomas somewhat.
Humlos steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Thomas.
Humlos sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice takedown defense from Thomas. No joy for Humlos on that attempt.
Thomas stuffs the takedown.
Ieuan Thomas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marek Humlos.
Humlos fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thomas manages to avoid it.
Thomas looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Humlos tries for a takedown but Thomas circles away easily
and Thomas counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Thomas turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Thomas wants to lay and pray for a moment but Humlos keeps working.
Humlos is looking for a sweep.
Thomas moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Humlos looking for a sweep but Thomas has passed into full mount! Oh no!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Humlos is wriggling around trying to escape.
Humlos is still trying to improve position.
Humlos is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Thomas looking to control and managing it successfully.
Humlos is trying desperately to improve position.
Thomas looking to finish with strikes here!
Thomas controlling the position easily from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas blocks Humlos's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Thomas takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Humlos wants to control but Thomas is having none of it.
Humlos is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Thomas looking to control but Humlos is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
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.
Humlos regains half guard.
Thomas thows a huge punch but Humlos dodges it nicely.
Thomas stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Humlos misses with a takedown
and Thomas counters with a nice uppercut.
Humlos looks winded!
Thomas closes the distance and clinches.
Humlos changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Thomas fights it off and pushes away nicely.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Thomas is trying hard to land a takedown here. Humlos sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Thomas shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Humlos sprawls well. Humlos wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Thomas gets slowly back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ieuan Thomas dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Humlos avoids the head kick by Thomas.
Thomas displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Humlos.
Humlos fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Thomas avoids it really well and circles away.
Thomas tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Humlos manages to circle out of the way.
Humlos shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Thomas but Thomas pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Ieuan Thomas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marek Humlos.
Thomas gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Humlos is looking to break free of the clinch but Thomas has double underhooks.
Thomas goes for a takedown attempt but Humlos pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Humlos shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Thomas defends it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Humlos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Humlos scores with a hook to the body. Thomas takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Thomas closes the distance and clinches.
Thomas slows down the pace here.
Thomas is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Humlos is breathing heavily.
Humlos wants to break free but Thomas has control.
Thomas is looking for a takedown.
Thomas stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Humlos is looking for a takedown.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Humlos closes the distance and clinches up with Thomas, looking for a takedown. Humlos pushes Thomas against the cage but Thomas circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Humlos defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Thomas.
Humlos shoots for a double leg takedown but Thomas sprawls well. He's pushed Humlos's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Thomas shoots in for a takedown but Humlos shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Thomas lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Humlos backs up against the cage.
Thomas keeps the fight on the outside.
Humlos tries to clinch but Thomas is having none of it.
Humlos has a takedown stuffed.
Thomas throws a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas fails with a takedown attempt.
Despite the aggression on Humlos's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Ieuan Thomas is winning the standup battle so far.
Humlos chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Thomas can pounce on him.
Humlos throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Thomas's waist but Thomas gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Humlos off to one side.
Thomas will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Humlos steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Thomas.
Humlos misses with a series of wild punches.
Thomas tried to counter with a leg kick but Humlos avoided it.
Humlos shoots in looking for a takedown but Thomas manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Humlos's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Thomas throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas feints a jab promting Humlos to slip. Thomas then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Humlos slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Thomas moves into the clinch successfully.
Thomas is looking to take this one to the mat.
Thomas prevents a takedown attempt there.
Thomas ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Thomas no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Thomas pulls Humlos in close to prevent any damage.
Humlos not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Thomas throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ieuan Thomas dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Humlos fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Thomas shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Thomas avoids a kick to the body.
Thomas slaps away a takedown attempt from Humlos, before circling back to the center of the mat.
No luck for Thomas with that takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thomas throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Thomas.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ieuan Thomas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas lands a nice hook to Humlos's body. Humlos takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Thomas shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Humlos as he avoids it easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Humlos chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Humlos misses with a hook to the body
and Thomas counters with a one-two to the body.
Humlos with a poor takedown
and Thomas moves into the clinch.
Thomas is trying to drag Humlos to the mat but Humlos just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Humlos has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Thomas after a bit of a struggle.
Thomas misses with a knee to the head.
Thomas is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Humlos can do to turn this around?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Humlos tries to circle away but Thomas has him pinned against the cage.
Humlos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Thomas prevents the takedown attempt.
Thomas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Humlos takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Thomas slaps away a takedown attempt from Humlos, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Thomas appears to be looking for a big counter.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thomas lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Humlos throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Thomas.
Thomas dodges the punch combination from Humlos.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas clinches with his opponent.
Thomas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Thomas fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Humlos avoids it really well and circles away.
Thomas lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Humlos misses with a head kick.
Humlos stuffs the takedown.
Ieuan Thomas is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas connects with a body shot.
Humlos tries to clinch up
and Thomas counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Thomas.
Humlos has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Thomas off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thomas fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Humlos looks for a takedown but Thomas sprawls well.
Marek Humlos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ieuan Thomas is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Thomas fails with a takedown attempt.
Humlos unleashes a big counter combination but Thomas bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ieuan Thomas showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Thomas 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 James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ieuan Thomas!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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