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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tom Thomas (ranked 1597 p4p, 2281 weight class) and Giuseppe Amodei (ranked 181 p4p, 248 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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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 24 - 20 - 1, fighting out of London, Tom Thomas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Giuseppe Amodei!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Alan Glass and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Amodei darts in and clinches Thomas up against the cage.
Thomas swings wildly with an uppercut but Amodei uses good head movement to avoid it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Thomas.
Amodei misses with a punch on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Thomas tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Amodei misses with a short punch on the inside.
Thomas gets through Amodei's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Thomas misses with a hook to the ribs.
Amodei tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Thomas fails to land.
Thomas goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Amodei fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Amodei has a couple of punches blocked by Thomas.
Thomas is looking to control Amodei's arms but Amodei gets an underhook and turns him. Now Thomas has his back to the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Amodei blocking some punches.
Amodei misses with a short punch on the inside.
Amodei lands a nice uppercut.
Thomas misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Thomas tries to throw a body punch but Amodei avoids it by throwing Thomas back against the cage.
I was talking to Thomas's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Thomas.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Thomas.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Thomas.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Thomas fails to land.
Thomas lands a right hand that snaps the head of Amodei backwards.
Amodei misses with some punches.
Amodei makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Thomas stalling.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Thomas.
Thomas lands a hook to the side of the head.
Amodei takes a shot to the head.
Thomas breaks from the clinch.
Amodei rushes Thomas and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Amodei swings wildly with an uppercut but Thomas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thomas lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Thomas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thomas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Amodei misses with a punch on the inside.
Amodei throws a punch but it's blocked by Thomas.
Thomas has a couple of punches blocked by Amodei.
Thomas throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Amodeis head.
Amodei misses with some punches.
Amodei has a couple of punches blocked by Thomas.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas misses with a hook from the clinch.
Amodei lands a left hand that snaps the head of Thomas backwards.
Thomas blocking some punches.
Amodei misses with a punch on the inside.
Thomas lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Thomas is trying to maintain a safe position but Amodei gets an underhook and turns Thomas into the cage.
Amodei has a couple of punches blocked by Thomas.
Thomas tries to work over Amodei's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Thomas misses with a hook from the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Thomas creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Amodei throws a punch but it's blocked by Thomas.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Thomas.
Thomas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Amodei misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Thomas.
Amodei misses with the head strike.
Amodei lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Thomas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Amodei swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Thomas working aggressively here.
Amodei misses with some punches.
A short uppercut from Thomas.
Amodei swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Amodei swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Thomas is trying to stall.
Amodei scores with a nice hook to the head.
Amodei lands a nice uppercut.
Thomas lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Thomas creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Amodei blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Thomas tries to work over Amodei's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch on the inside from Thomas fails to land.
Amodei swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Thomas.
Thomas lands a hook that snaps the head of Amodei backwards.
Amodei prevents a body shot from Thomas.
Amodei blocking some punches.
Thomas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Amodei wants to clinch up but Thomas keeps it at a distance.
An attempted straight right counter from Thomas misses the target.
Amodei darts in trying to clinch
and Thomas counters with a straight right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Amodei clinches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Amodei working aggressively here.
Thomas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Amodei.
Thomas blocking some punches.
Thomas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Amodei swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Thomas misses with a body punch.
Amodei tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Thomas throws a head punch that misses.
Amodei working aggressively here.
Thomas misses with a punch on the inside.
Thomas taking a breather.
A nice right hand lands inside from Thomas.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thomas misses with a body punch.
Thomas lands a shoulder strike.
Thomas blocks an uppercut.
Amodei lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Thomas tries a body shot but Amodei blocks it.
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 Tom Thomas will probably get the nod.
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.
Amodei wants to clinch up but Thomas keeps it at a distance.
Thomas feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Thomas scores with a punch to the head.
Amodei avoids the body shot from Thomas.
Amodei is looking to clinch but Thomas is avoiding it.
It looked like Thomas wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Amodei tries to grapple but his opponent circles
enabling Thomas to counter with a crisp jab.
Amodei closes the distance and clinches.
Amodei fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Amodei fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Amodei throws a punch but it's blocked by Thomas.
Thomas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Amodei has closed the distance and engaged Thomas in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Amodei fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Amodei misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Amodei.
Amodei swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Amodei fails to land.
Amodei throws a punch but it's blocked by Thomas.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thomas misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Amodei backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Amodei.
Amodei misses with a short punch on the inside.
Amodei blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Thomas breaks the clinch.
Amodei fails with an attempt to clinch.
Amodei has closed the distance and engaged Thomas in a clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Thomas.
Thomas lands a right hand that snaps the head of Amodei backwards.
Amodei working aggressively here.
Amodei swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Giuseppe Amodei seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Thomas lands with a short shot to the head.
Thomas tries to throw a body punch but Amodei avoids it by throwing Thomas back against the cage.
Amodei swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Thomas.
Amodei misses with some punches.
Thomas breaks the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thomas cracks Amodei with a right hand to the side of the head.
Thomas throws the left hand but Amodei avoids the punch easily.
Amodei fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Amodei tries to clinch up but Thomas circles away and keeps his distance.
Amodei doesn't manage to clinch there - Thomas circles away.
Thomas swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Amodei drives through and clinches with Thomas against the cage.
Thomas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Thomas scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Amodei scores with a shot to the side of Thomas's head.
Thomas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Thomas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Amodei takes the fight into the clinch.
Thomas is working Amodei over against the cage.
Thomas swings wildly with an uppercut but Amodei uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thomas stalling in the clinch but Amodei improves position.
Amodei fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Thomas lands a hook to the side of the head.
Thomas wants to stall.
Amodei lands an uppercut.
Thomas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Amodei breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Giuseppe Amodei seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Amodei tries to clinch but Thomas moves away
and Thomas counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Amodei fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Thomas, pushing him back against the cage.
Thomas blocking some punches.
Amodei working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Thomas misses with a punch to the body.
Amodei swings wildly with an uppercut but Thomas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thomas blocking some punches.
Thomas misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Thomas.
Thomas scores with a shot to the side of Amodei's head.
Thomas working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Thomas's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Thomas getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Amodei moves in looking to clinch but Thomas pushes him off.
Amodei tries to clinch up.
Amodei is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Amodei tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Thomas counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Amodei looks to clinch
letting Thomas counter with a right hand.
Thomas keeps the fight on the outside.
Amodei tries to clinch but Thomas moves away
and Thomas counters with a left to the body.
Thomas looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Thomas scores with a decent looking hook.
Amodei closes the distance and clinches.
A short left from Amodei.
Thomas can't find room to land a body shot as Amodei controls the action.
Amodei swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Thomas throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Amodeis head.
Amodei misses with the head strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Amodei blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Thomas lands a left hand.
Thomas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Amodei on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tom Thomas dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Thomas circles away from the clinch attempt.
Amodei takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Thomas circles away from the clinch attempt.
Thomas wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Amodei tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Thomas wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Thomas swats away the attempt to clinch by Amodei.
Amodei moves into range and clinches up with Thomas.
Amodei blocks an uppercut.
Amodei tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Thomas misses with a punch on the inside.
Thomas's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch on the inside from Amodei fails to land.
Thomas working aggressively here.
Amodei has a couple of punches blocked by Thomas.
Amodei scores with a shot to the side of Thomas's head.
Amodei fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Amodei misses with a hook from the clinch.
Amodei misses with a punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Amodei closes the distance but Thomas moves to the side
letting Thomas counter with a right hand.
Thomas circles away from the clinch attempt.
Amodei pushes Thomas up against the cage in a clinch.
Amodei misses with a hook from the clinch.
Thomas tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Amodei misses with a punch on the inside.
Amodei tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Thomas tries a body shot but Amodei blocks it.
Thomas scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short right from Thomas.
Thomas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Amodei tries to clinch but Thomas moves out of range.
Amodei fails in his attempt to clinch.
Amodei closes the distance looking to clinch
and Thomas counters with a nice uppercut.
Giuseppe Amodei has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot by Thomas.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thomas loads up on a big right hand but Amodei slips the punch.
Amodei clinches with his opponent.
Thomas is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Amodei can do to turn this around?
Thomas will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Amodei up against the cage.
Amodei lands with a light punch inside.
Thomas doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Amodei misses with the head strike.
Thomas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Amodei.
Thomas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Thomas gets tackled into the cage by Amodei. Amodei maintains the clinch.
Amodei throws a punch but it's blocked by Thomas.
Thomas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Amodei fails to land.
Thomas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Amodei blocks a body shot from Thomas.
Amodei blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Amodei tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas scores with a shot to the side of Amodei's head.
Amodei working aggressively here.
Amodei working aggressively here.
Amodei misses with a punch on the inside.
Thomas's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Thomas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Thomas misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Thomas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Thomas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Amodei gets a clinch.
Thomas swings wildly with an uppercut but Amodei uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thomas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A jab from Thomas misses.
Amodei tries to clinch up
and Thomas counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Amodei closes the distance and clinches.
Tom Thomas is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Amodei misses with a hook from the clinch.
Amodei lands with a short head shot on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Amodei tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Amodei tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Amodei tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Amodei misses with a punch on the inside.
Amodei swings wildly with an uppercut but Thomas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Amodei has a couple of punches blocked by Thomas.
A head punch on the inside from Amodei fails to land.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Amodei.
Amodei lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Thomas backwards.
Amodei swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Giuseppe Amodei comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Thomas 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tom Thomas!
A very excited looking Tom Thomas 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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energy
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hype
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