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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Muuka Laine (ranked 1191 p4p, 1741 weight class) and Tom Thomas (ranked 155 p4p, 202 weight class). Muuka Laine has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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176 cm 38 146 22 - 15 - 0 |
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160 cm 37 140 26 - 22 - 1 |
Great wrestler World class boxer Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler World class MT Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 22 - 15 - 0, fighting out of London, Muuka Laine! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 26 - 22 - 1, fighting out of London, Tom Thomas! The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Percy O'Donnell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Laine fails to land with a series of punches.
Thomas throws out a counter right but Laine avoids it with no problem. Thomas takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness. Laine misses with a hook. Thomas misses the jab. Thomas misses with a wild body shot. Laine is looking to clinch. Thomas misses with a hook. Thomas slips a straight right by Laine. Thomas lands a glancing blow to the side of Laine's head. Thomas scores with a body shot.
Laine takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt. Thomas throws a hook to the side of Laine's head but Laine sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Laine drives through and clinches with Thomas against the cage.
Laine misses with a hook to the ribs.
Thomas tries to stall but Laine uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Thomas prevents a body shot from Laine. Laine misses with a short punch on the inside. Thomas working some nice short punches in the clinch. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Thomas lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. Laine tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Thomas's elbow. Laine lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round. Laine misses with a short punch on the inside. Laine misses with a short punch on the inside. Laine lands a left hand that snaps the head of Thomas backwards. Thomas lands a hook to the side of the head. Laine misses with some punches.
Laine has a couple of punches blocked by Thomas.
Thomas looking to slow down the pace here. Laine misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Laine takes a shot to the head. Thomas struggles to land a body shot inside as Laine controls his hands.
Thomas lands a hook that snaps the head of Laine backwards. Laine misses with some punches.
Laine's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button! Thomas lands a body shot. A body shot lands from Thomas.
Thomas is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Laine is keeping busy. Laine misses with a hook from the clinch. Laine prevents a body shot from Thomas. A hook to the body from Laine.
Thomas misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Laine.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Thomas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Thomas stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body. Laine presses Thomas against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot. Thomas working some nice short punches in the clinch. Thomas lands with a short head shot on the inside. Thomas misses with a hook from the clinch. Laine misses with a hook to the ribs.
A right hook to the body lands for Thomas.
A head punch on the inside from Thomas fails to land. Thomas misses with a punch to the body.
Laine swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Thomas is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage. Laine is leaning against Thomas and scores with a nice uppercut to the body. A head punch on the inside from Laine fails to land. A head punch blocked on the inside by Thomas. Laine blocks an uppercut.
Thomas softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. Thomas lands a body punch in the clinch. Laine working aggressively here.
Thomas misses with a punch to the body.
Thomas throws a head punch that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Thomas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice jab there from Laine. Laine doesn't manage to clinch there - Thomas circles away.
As Laine backs off Thomas throws a huge counter combo but Laine manages to avoid it all. Laine throws an overhand right that lands on Thomas's shoulder, as Thomas tries to avoid the shot. Nice defenses there by Thomas. Laine smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button. Thomas misses the jab. Laine fakes a head shot and lands one to the body. Laine buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Laine lands a glancing blow to the side of Thomas's head. Thomas changes levels and scores with a jab to the body. Laine is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot. Thomas clobbers Laine with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Laine moves in looking to clinch but Thomas pushes him off. Thomas stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Laine. Thomas waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Laine. Thomas uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Laine. Thomas swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made. Thomas with the inside leg kick. Laine loads up on a big right hand but Thomas slips the punch. Thomas wants to counter with a clinch but Laine pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Thomas fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Laine manages to avoid it. Laine goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo. Laine swings for the body but Thomas moves out of range.
Thomas now looks to counter with a shot at the body. A jab from Thomas misses. Laine throws a hook to the side of Thomas's head but Thomas sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Thomas throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Laine sees it coming and avoids it easily. Thomas catches Laine with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong! Laine swings for the body but Thomas moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Thomas misses the target. Thomas throws an overhand right that lands on Laine's shoulder, as Laine tries to avoid the shot. Laine throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Thomas counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. Laine ducks under a wild hook from Thomas. A leg kick checked by Laine. A telegraphed right hand from Thomas misses the target. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Thomas ducks down and throws a hook to the body. Thomas loads up on a big right hand but Laine slips the punch. Laine gets a clinch. Laine lands an uppercut. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Tom Thomas will probably get the nod. Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! A swing and a miss from Laine. Thomas follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land. A shot to the liver by Laine. Beautiful body shot. Thomas avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Laine swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Thomas. Thomas is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Laine slips under a jab from Thomas. Thomas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Laine.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Thomas! But no joy. Laine dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Thomas. That did some damage! Thomas throws a shot from downtown. Laine moves away and avoids it. Thomas throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean. Laine fakes a jab and scores with a low kick. Thomas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Laine throws a hook but Thomas avoids it easily. A head kick misses from Laine. A bone on bone clash there as Thomas blocks the leg kick.
Laine is looking to slow Thomas down with leg kicks. Thomas throws out a loose jab but Laine uses good head movement to avoid it. A nice inside leg kick there by Thomas. That's going to slow Laine down.
That's one minute gone in the round. Thomas on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere. Laine thows a left - swing and a miss! Thomas looks like he wants to counter punch here. Thomas misses with a straight left. Thomas lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected. Thomas fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Thomas lands a nice hook to Laine's body. Laine takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes. Laine dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Laine tries to clinch up. Muuka Laine is winning the standup battle so far. Laine throws out a powerful jab. Laine buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Laine throws a shot from downtown. Thomas moves away and avoids it. Thomas let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land. Laine connects with a leg kick. Thomas takes one to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action! Laine throws a nice outside leg kick. Laine feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Thomass jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist! Laine is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range. A nice leg kick from Thomas, right into the meat of the thigh.
Thomas takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Laine throws a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Thomas throws a hook to the side of Laine's head but Laine sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Thomas throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Laine feinted there with a counter leg kick. Laine throws a body shot but no joy. Thomas slips a straight right by Laine. Laine catches Thomas with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong! Laine tries to work over Thomas's front leg with a kick but Thomas checks it. Thomas misses with a looping left. Laine misses with a left hand and Thomas counters with a straight right hand. Laine tries to clinch up. Thomas lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected. A chopping leg kick lands by Laine. Laine connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe. Thomas misses with a hook. Laine throws a chopping leg kick but Thomas manages to avoid taking any serious damage. Thomas's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down. Laine misses with a straight right. Laine doesn't manage to clinch there - Thomas circles away.
Laine scores with a one two! Thomas had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes. Laine moves into the clinch successfully.
Laine goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Thomas lands with a left to the head. Laine digs a right hand underneath Thomas's ribcage. Thomas let out a lung full of air as it connected. Laine working some nice short punches in the clinch. Thomas breaks the clinch.
Thomas has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Laine. Thomas jabbing away but nothing is landing. A looping hook to the body misses from Thomas. Laine does a little dance to reset his feet. Thomas throws a series of punches but Laine avoids them all with ease. Muuka Laine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Laine throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean. Laine bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Laine pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Thomas let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land. Laine tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Thomas is able to avoid easily. Thomas lands a head shot. Laine connects with a body shot that sends Thomas's belly button to the back. Thomas thuds his shin into the meat of Laine's side. Laine bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Laine is looking to counter the offense by Thomas and move into the clinch. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Thomas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice shot by Laine.
That's four minutes gone in the round. A good leg kick by Laine. Thomas scores with a body shot.
Thomas loads up on a big right hand but Laine slips the punch. Laine keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Thomas. Laine throws a body punch but Thomas moves out of range. Thomas thows a left - swing and a miss! As Thomas backs away, Laine returns fire with a leg kick that just misses. Thomas tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Laine was well out of range. Poor timing from Thomas. Thomas fakes a jab and then connects with a hook. Thomas blocks a jab. Laine tries to close the distance and clinch but Thomas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. It seemed like Thomas was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it. Thomas moves out of range of the strikes. Laine moves out of range as Thomas strikes. A big right from Thomas misses. It looked like Laine wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Laine fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Thomas, pushing him back against the cage. Laine lands a shot to the body. Laine blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Thomas lands a right hand. Thomas misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Muuka Laine dominated that second round. That's time! Laine's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round! Laine looks to land a left hand but Thomas moved out of range nicely. Laine throws a hook to the side of Thomas's head but Thomas sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. A telegraphed right hand from Laine misses the target. Laine lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected. Thomas on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those. Laine throws a low kick but Thomas moves out of range easily. Laine throws an off balance right hand
and Thomas counters with a right hand to the body. Laine clinches. A right hook to the body lands for Thomas.
Thomas throws a head punch that misses. Thomas tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Thomas lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. Thomas goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Thomas lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. Thomas misses with a hook from the clinch. Laine tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Thomas tries a body shot but Laine blocks it.
Thomas tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Thomas's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button! We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Thomas tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round. Laine has Thomas pressed against the cage, preventing Thomas from circling away and getting back to striking at range. Thomas has Laine pressed against the cage.
Laine misses with a hook to the ribs.
Thomas looking to stall.
Laine misses with a punch to the body.
Laine tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Thomas lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. Laine misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Laine. Tom Thomas seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far. A battle for position here, against the cage. Thomas working aggressively here.
Laine throws a punch but it's blocked by Thomas. Both guys are working to get underhooks. Thomas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A body shot lands from Laine.
Laine tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Thomas's elbow. Laine lands a right hand that snaps the head of Thomas backwards. Thomas misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Thomas has a couple of punches blocked by Laine.
Thomas lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. Laine has a couple of punches blocked by Thomas.
Laine prevents a body shot from Thomas. Thomas lands a right hand. With the fighters clinched against the cage, Laine creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. 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! Laine scores with a shot to the side of Thomas's head. Laine takes a shot to the head. Thomas misses with a hook to the ribs.
Thomas blocks a body shot from Laine. Thomas blocking some punches.
Thomas has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate. Laine lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage. Thomas taking a breather. Laine misses with some punches.
Laine misses with some punches.
Thomas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Laine works the jab nicely. Laine displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Thomas throws out the jab. Laine throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Thomas stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
That's three minutes gone in the round. A lazy left from Laine finds it's target. Thomas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Laine lands a nice shot to the body.
Laine stuns Thomas with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range. Laine jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Laine throws out a powerful jab. Laine misses with a hook. Thomas ducked under it nicely. Laine misses with a hook. Some wild striking there from Thomas.
Thomas throws a lazy right hand but Laine sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. Thomas throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd. Thomas avoids the head kick by Laine.
Laine moves out of range as Thomas throws a body kick.
Thomas avoids the body shot from Laine.
Laine throws a jab when Thomas was well out of range. Thomas misses with a two punch combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Laine connects with a nice looking jab.
Laine tests Thomas's chin there with a solid looking shot. Thomas throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Laine stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly. Laine moves away from the strike by Thomas. Thomas checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time. Thomas chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Laine can pounce on him.
Laine misses with a straight left. Laine tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Thomas paws at him with a jab and circles away. Thomas looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Laine lands with a cross. Laine fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Thomas. Thomas on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere. Laine throws a jab when Thomas was well out of range. Laine lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw. Thomas uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Laine. A little jabbing left from Thomas on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
And that's the end of the fight! Muuka Laine showed his dominance in that final round. I think Laine 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28 Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28 Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Muuka Laine! A very excited looking Muuka Laine rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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