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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Baby Yoda (ranked 4977 p4p, 4765 weight class) and Atlas Thanopoulos (ranked 0 p4p, 568 weight class). Thanopoulos has chosen Eminem - 'Till I Collapse as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Atlas Thanopoulos enters the cage!
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Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Baby Yoda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Atlas Thanopoulos!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Daniel Blasius and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yoda lands with a good body shot.
Yoda cracks Thanopoulos with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Thanopoulos takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Thanopoulos gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Yoda.
Yoda is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Thanopoulos.
Thanopoulos misses with a takedown attempt - Yoda sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Yoda closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Yoda lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Thanopoulos or not.
Yoda is pressed up against the cage. Thanopoulos has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Yoda down to the mat. Yoda avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Thanopoulos takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Yoda clobbers Thanopoulos with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
It looks like Atlas Thanopoulos has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thanopoulos shoots in and drives through. Yoda sprawls well.
Baby Yoda has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Atlas Thanopoulos.
Thanopoulos looks winded!
Yoda cracks Thanopoulos with a right hand to the side of the head.
Thanopoulos's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Yoda connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Thanopoulos scrambles back to his feet.
Thanopoulos is rocked!
Yoda lunges in with a left hook that violently twists Thanopoulos head around and knocks him out cold! Yoda hops onto the cage and yells out at the top of his lungs - Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah! They're showing the replay on the big screens now; that was nasty! I hope one of the photographers got a good shot of it.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Baby Yoda!
In his post fight interview, Baby Yoda started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
Atlas Thanopoulos spoke after the fight, saying 'A huge thanks to all the fans out there, and to my coaches! You guys are the reason I'm here.'.
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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