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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joseph Stalinovich (ranked 732 p4p, 832 weight class) and Patrick Thomas (ranked 105 p4p, 120 weight class). Thomas comes into a darkened arena with his song building. LUNIZ -- I GOT 5 ON IT kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! 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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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Joseph Stalinovich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Patrick Thomas!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Alec Ball and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Stalinovich shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Thomas eats them both and turns towards Stalinovich to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Stalinovich connects with a crisp jab.
Stalinovich fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Thomas on the side of the head.
Stalinovich is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Thomas.
Stalinovich lands a jab to the nose.
Stalinovich lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Thomas moves out of range of the leg kick from Stalinovich.
Thomas swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Thomas misses with a double jab.
Thomas pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Stalinovich back to the cage. Thomas follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A telegraphed right hand from Thomas misses the target.
Thomas throws out a loose jab but Stalinovich uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stalinovich scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Thomas throws an off balance right hand
and Stalinovich makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Stalinovich rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Thomas counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've been told by Stalinovich's head coaches at FF Forever that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Thomas misses with a series of wild punches.
Thomas takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas avoids a punch combination nicely.
Stalinovich moves into range and connects with a jab.
Stalinovich bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Stalinovich throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Stalinovich!
Stalinovich looks to score with a jab to the body but Thomas is just out of range.
That kick from Stalinovich tenderised Thomas's leg. Thomas is trying to keep his angry face on.
Thomas avoids the body shot from Stalinovich.
Stalinovich fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Thomas has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Stalinovich scores with a jab to the head.
Stalinovich misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Thomas.
Stalinovich throws a leg kick but Thomas moved away.
A nice side step and Thomas releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Thomas throws a head kick that Stalinovich semi-blocks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stalinovich is looking to slow Thomas down with leg kicks.
Stalinovich slips under a jab.
Stalinovich throws a jab when Thomas was well out of range.
A big right from Thomas misses.
Stalinovich fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Stalinovich's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Stalinovich duly obliges.
Stalinovich is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Stalinovich throws a series of punches but Thomas moves out of range.
Stalinovich avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Thomas throws a hook to the side of Stalinovich's head but Stalinovich sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Thomas displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Stalinovich throws out the jab.
Stalinovich paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
No joy there for Stalinovich, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Stalinovich lands a right hook to the body.
Thomas doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Stalinovich misses the shot to the body.
Thomas looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Stalinovich motions for Thomas to come forward. Stalinovich throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Thomas thinks about the counter body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stalinovich misses with a double jab.
Stalinovich throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Thomas counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Stalinovich slips under a jab from Thomas.
Stalinovich feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Stalinovich throws a big shot that misses.
The fighters circle momentarily. Stalinovich darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Thomas steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Stalinovich.
A slow jab from Stalinovich misses its intended target.
Stalinovich throws a body punch but Thomas moves out of range.
Stalinovich lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Stalinovich connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Thomas's hands.
Thomas uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Stalinovich.
Stalinovich falls off balance throwing a combination
and Thomas counters with a right hand to the body.
Thomas throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Stalinovich appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Stalinovich throws a good cross that connects.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stalinovich takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Stalinovich works the jab nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Thomas - just one landing.
Stalinovich's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Thomas connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Stalinovich scrambles back to his feet.
Thomas throws a hook to the side of Stalinovich's head but Stalinovich sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Thomas sends Stalinovich crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Thomas is motioning to the referee to let Stalinovich up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Stalinovich is rocked!
Thomas looks to throw the jab but Stalinovich is out of range.
Stalinovich swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Oh Stalinovich is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Stalinovich fails to land with a series of punches.
Stalinovich seems to have got his legs back now.
Thomas throws a sloppy head kick
and Stalinovich counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Stalinovich connects with a looping right hand.
Stalinovich steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Thomas.
No joy there for Thomas, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Stalinovich lands with a straight right. Thomas didn't see that one coming.
Stalinovich defending well as Thomas loads up on a big left hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stalinovich throws a nice inside leg kick.
Thomas misses with a body shot.
Thomas looks to land a left hand but Stalinovich moved out of range nicely.
Stalinovich throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Joseph Stalinovich dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Stalinovich attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Nice uppercut lands for Stalinovich. That snapped Thomas's head back.
Thomas looks to land a left hand but Stalinovich moved out of range nicely.
Stalinovich tried to counter with a leg kick but Thomas avoided it.
Thomas lands a big head kick that sends Stalinovich tumbling to the mat! Thomas takes a step backwards and waves Stalinovich back to his feet - he wants the finish!
It looks like Joseph Stalinovich has been cut.
Thomas waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Stalinovich.
Thomas takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
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!
Stalinovich is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Thomas.
Stalinovich avoids the head kick by Thomas.
Thomas slips a straight right by Stalinovich.
Stalinovich lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Stalinovich slips a straight right by Thomas.
Stalinovich fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Thomas scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The fighters circling - Thomas throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Stalinovich lands with a thumping leg kick.
Stalinovich listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
That kick from Stalinovich tenderised Thomas's leg. Thomas is trying to keep his angry face on.
Stalinovich throws out a loose jab but Thomas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stalinovich misses with a straight left.
Thomas's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Thomas drops Stalinovich with a beautiful combination! Stalinovich stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Thomas is looking for the KO!
Stalinovich ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Thomas misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Stalinovich misses with a double jab.
Stalinovich connects with a jab.
Thomas might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thomas uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Stalinovich.
Stalinovich thuds his right hand into Thomas's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Stalinovich throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Thomas counters with a crisp right that sends Stalinovich to the canvas! Thomas follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Patrick Thomas!
A relieved looking Patrick Thomas thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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