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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Maung Maung Thu (ranked 23032 p4p, 1151 weight class) and Leo Vuce (ranked 259 p4p, 62 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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135
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145
10 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
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Excellent MT
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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 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Maung Maung Thu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Leo Vuce!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Steven Brown and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vuce misses with a takedown attempt - Thu sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A jab from Thu misses.
Vuce lands a head shot.
Vuce tries a head kick but it misses.
Vuce misses the jab.
A little feinted left hand from Thu on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Vuce fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Thu to the ground. Vuce is now in Thu's guard.
Thu is looking to stand back up but Vuce counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Thu.
Vuce sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Thu defending well though.
Vuce sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Thu defending well though.
Thu wants to improve his position but Vuce is controlling well.
Vuce is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vuce thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Thu's head.
Thu knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Vuce on the ground.
Vuce throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Vuce missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Thu taking some punishment here, with Vuce in his half guard.
Vuce throwing shots but Thu is blocking nicely.
Thu wants to control but Vuce is keeping busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vuce sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Thu defending well though.
Vuce sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Thu defending well though.
Vuce is looking for a kimura here.
Vuce takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Thu is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Vuce scores with a couple of nice shots.
Vuce seems to be working for a kimura but Thu defends the submission attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vuce drops an elbow to the side of Thu's head.
Vuce is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Vuce throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Thu has hold of Vuce's hands but Vuce slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Thu blocking the ground and pound attempt from Vuce.
Thu on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Thu tries to get out of the position.
Vuce lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Vuce winds up and cracks Thu with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Vuce working his ground and pound in the gym.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thu taking some punishment here, with Vuce in his half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Vuce seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Vuce has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Vuce is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Thu defends it well.
Thu keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Vuce is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vuce missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Vuce throwing shots but Thu is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Leo Vuce dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Vuce pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Thu fires out a quick counter leg kick but Vuce just manages to avoid it.
Thu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Vuce scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Thu is looking to control Vuce's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Thu avoid being mounted?
Leo Vuce has got the better of the ground game so far.
Vuce winds up and cracks Thu with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Vuce thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Thu's head.
Vuce takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vuce working over Thu with some ground and pound. Thu looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Vuce is working for a submission of some sort.
Thu is looking to regain full guard. He's left an arm up in the air though and Vuce has latched onto it... Big trouble! Vuce pivots for an armbar - it's in tight and it Thu is tapping in no time flat! Great counter grappling there from Vuce!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Leo Vuce!
Leo Vuce seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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