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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sam Short (ranked 4124 p4p, 4100 weight class) and Grand Admiral Thrawn (ranked 501 p4p, 497 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sam Short!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Grand Admiral Thrawn!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Wesley Smith and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Thrawn throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Thrawn throws a body shot but no joy.
Thrawn ducks under a wild hook from Short.
Thrawn fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Thrawn wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Short throws a jab when Thrawn was well out of range.
Thrawn misses with a looping right.
Short throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Short looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Short throws a big shot that misses.
Short uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Thrawn.
Thrawn misses with a wild body shot.
A little feinted left hand from Short on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Short tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Thrawn is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Short with a body shot.
Grand Admiral Thrawn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thrawn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Thrawn throws a hook but Short avoids it easily.
Thrawn 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.
Thrawn scores with the left hand. Short knows he should have avoided that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thrawn throws out a loose jab but Short uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thrawn misses with an uppercut.
Short appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Thrawn scores with a nice strike.
Thrawn throws a sloppy body shot
and Short counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Thrawn missing with a left hand there. Short was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice defenses there by Short.
Short was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Short keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Thrawn fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Short manages to avoid it.
Thrawn lands a head shot.
Thrawn rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Short counters with a left to the body.
Thrawn throws a body shot but no joy.
Short throwing a counter right hand but Thrawn manages to avoid it.
Short throws a big shot that misses.
Short throws a jab but it's blocked by Thrawn.
Short throws a big shot that misses.
Thrawn lands the left hand.
Thrawn connects with a crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Short connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Thrawn's hands.
Short throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Short misses with a hook. Thrawn ducked under it nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Thrawn misses the target.
Thrawn throws a hook but Short avoids it easily.
A clash of legs there as Thrawn blocks the low kick.
Thrawn misses with a wild body shot.
Thrawn scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Thrawn paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A jab from Short finds it's way through Thrawn's defenses.
Short uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Thrawn.
Short swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Thrawn misses the shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Thrawn throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Short was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A shot to the body from Short misses
and Thrawn counters with a nice uppercut.
Short moves out of range as Thrawn strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thrawn takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Short throws a hook but Thrawn blocks it.
Thrawn swings for the body but Short moves out of range.
Short uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Thrawn.
Thrawn uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Short.
Short throws a wild body kick that Thrawn sees coming a mile off.
A telegraphed right hand from Thrawn misses the target.
Thrawn is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Short had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Short drops Thrawn with a naaaaasty hook - Thrawn is in real trouble here! Short dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sam Short!
A very excited looking Sam Short 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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hype
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pop
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