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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kane Thoupos (ranked 2651 p4p, 2903 weight class) and Santino Cabal (ranked 347 p4p, 380 weight class). Thoupos's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, 151 Rum - JID. Santino Cabal acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kane Thoupos!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Santino Cabal!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Daniel Franklin and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cabal's corner calls for a 1-2. Cabal obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Thoupos moves forwards but Cabal connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Cabal listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Thoupos defending well as Cabal loads up on a big left hand.
Nice shot lands for Thoupos.
Santino Cabal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice jab there from Thoupos.
Thoupos lands a glancing blow to the side of Cabal's head.
Thoupos takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Thoupos showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cabal.
Thoupos swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thoupos throws a series of punches but Cabal moves out of range.
Cabal looks to land a combination but Thoupos avoids it well.
Thoupos throwing a counter right hand but Cabal manages to avoid it.
Cabal fails to land with a series of punches.
Thoupos swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cabal digs a good hook to Thoupos's body.
Cabal throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Thoupos counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thoupos lands a left and a right that send Cabal crashing to the mat, dazed. Thoupos thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Cabal is rocked!
Cabal comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Cabal looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Cabal throws a jab but it's blocked by Thoupos.
Thoupos cracks Cabal with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Cabal looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Thoupos finish him?
Cabal is still on wobbly legs! Can Thoupos finish him?
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!
Thoupos drops Cabal with a big left hand! Cabal is injured, injured bad! Thoupos jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kane Thoupos!
Kane Thoupos is the new light heavyweight champion!
After winning the bout, Kane Thoupos thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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