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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Patrick Thomas (ranked 496 p4p, 1731 weight class) and YB Sol Brotha (ranked 78 p4p, 248 weight class). Thomas comes to the cage accompanied by LUNIZ -- I GOT 5 ON IT. On his way into the cage it seems that Patrick Thomas has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Patrick Thomas seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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12 - 5 - 0 |
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185 cm
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17 - 10 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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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 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Patrick Thomas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 10 - 1, fighting out of New York, YB Sol Brotha!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Albert Achterberg and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sol Brotha shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Thomas kicks off Sol Brotha and gets to his feet.
Sol Brotha keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Thomas misses with a hook. Sol Brotha ducked under it nicely.
Sol Brotha is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Horrible takedown attempt by Sol Brotha or perhaps it was just good defense by Thomas, which made it look bad.
A clash of legs there as Thomas blocks the low kick.
Thomas misses with a lunging right hand
and Sol Brotha counters with a leg kick.
Thomas swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thomas's corner calls for a 1-2. Thomas obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
It looks like YB Sol Brotha has been cut.
Thomas throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sol Brotha bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Thomas's head backwards.
Thomas throws a good cross that connects.
Sol Brotha jabs Thomas right on the nose. Thomas blinks but takes it well.
Sol Brotha shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Thomas napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Sol Brotha thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Thomas is in a tricky position. We've heard reports from his gym mates at Randall's Top Team that he's been drilling escapes, so let's see if he can get back to his feet.
Sol Brotha tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Sol Brotha has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
My spies in Mello MMA inform me that Sol Brotha has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Sol Brotha asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Thomas wants to get back to his feet but Sol Brotha is dominant here and he's now got Thomas's back!
Sol Brotha scores with punches to the body.
Sol Brotha throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Thomas is trying to stand back up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sol Brotha has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sol Brotha biding his time, looking for the opening.
Thomas is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Thomas covering up well and avoiding damage.
Sol Brotha tightening his grip on Thomas, looking for the choke.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Sol Brotha.
Well, with Sol Brotha on his back, surely it's only a matter of time before Thomas is tapping out... Can he escape the position?
Thomas trying to get back to his feet but Sol Brotha is in full control for now.
Sol Brotha is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Thomas has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Sol Brotha has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Thomas's body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Sol Brotha.
Thomas manages to stand up with Sol Brotha still on his back. Eventually Sol Brotha drops to his feet and we're back in the standing position.
Sol Brotha shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Thomas sprawls well. Thomas wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Sol Brotha gets slowly back to his feet.
Sol Brotha fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Thomas checks it well.
Sol Brotha moves into the clinch.
Sol Brotha taking a breather.
Thomas wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Sol Brotha tries to stall but Thomas uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Sol Brotha is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Sol Brotha lands a hook that snaps the head of Thomas backwards.
Sol Brotha tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Thomas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sol Brotha is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Thomas with a body shot.
Thomas misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sol Brotha digs a good body shot into Thomas's ribs.
Patrick Thomas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thomas misses with a straight right.
Thomas lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Thomas throws a poor cross that misses
and Thomas takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sol Brotha scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Sol Brotha.
Patrick Thomas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of YB Sol Brotha.
Thomas swings widly with a right hand
and Sol Brotha counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Thomas throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sol Brotha let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Sol Brotha tries to land a front kick but Thomas steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Sol Brotha throws a low kick but it's checked well by Thomas.
Sol Brotha drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Thomas taking punishment in the form of punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
YB Sol Brotha dominated that round.
The cut man is working on YB Sol Brotha's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Sol Brotha missing with a left hand there. Thomas was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Thomas looks to land a right hand but Sol Brotha moved out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sol Brotha.
A slow jab from Thomas misses its intended target.
YB Sol Brotha seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sol Brotha throws a body shot but no joy.
Sol Brotha tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Thomas looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Sol Brotha fails with an attempt to clinch.
Thomas is looking to counter punch.
Thomas lands a big head kick that sends Sol Brotha tumbling to the mat! Thomas takes a step backwards and waves Sol Brotha back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Sol Brotha is rocked!
Thomas staying out of range there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thomas cracks Sol Brotha on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Sol Brotha falls backwards against the cage. Thomas follows up with more strikes that drop Sol Brotha to his knees. Thomas keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Sol Brotha! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Patrick Thomas!
An out of breath Patrick Thomas thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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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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