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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sauvage Thibodeaux (ranked 1362 p4p, 2231 weight class) and Chuck Roast (ranked 205 p4p, 311 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sauvage Thibodeaux!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chuck Roast!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Ian Loll and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thibodeaux moves in looking to clinch but Roast pushes him off.
Roast swats away the attempt to clinch by Thibodeaux.
Thibodeaux gets the takedown into side control.
Thibodeaux looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Roast is avoiding damage well.
Thibodeaux has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Thibodeaux is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Thibodeaux tries to advance to mount but Roast denies him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roast tries to improve position but can't.
Roast parries the strikes from Thibodeaux easily there. Thibodeaux is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Roast to escape.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thibodeaux in side control lands a decent elbow.
Roast really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Thibodeaux. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Thibodeaux controlling from side mount.
Thibodeaux sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Roast is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Roast felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Roast is trying to control Thibodeaux's posture but Thibodeaux avoids it.
Thibodeaux moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Thibodeaux walks into a straight right hand from Roast.
Thibodeaux takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Roast connects with a good right hand that stumbles Thibodeaux. Thibodeaux circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thibodeaux tries to clinch there but Roast circles away.
Thibodeaux moves in looking to clinch but Roast pushes him off.
Thibodeaux is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Roast misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Thibodeaux gets a clinch.
Roast breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Thibodeaux closes the distance and clinches.
Thibodeaux fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Roast is fighting off a takedown attempt but Thibodeaux is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Roast to the mat. Roast regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Thibodeaux is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Thibodeaux won't allow Roast to sweep him here.
Roast avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Thibodeaux looking to pass the guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thibodeaux throwing strikes from guard but Roast blocks nicely.
Roast can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Thibodeaux controls the pace.
Thibodeaux trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Thibodeaux slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Thibodeaux gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Sauvage Thibodeaux will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Thibodeaux tries to close the distance and clinch up but Roast swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Roast lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Thibodeaux ducks right into an uppercut from Roast.
Roast lands with an uppercut that bounces Thibodeaux off the cage and back into range.
Thibodeaux darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Thibodeaux performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roast is trying to maintain the position but Thibodeaux is very close to passing his half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, if Thibodeaux is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Roast is in trouble now - Thibodeaux has advanced to mount!
Thibodeaux controlling from mount.
Thibodeaux looking to control but Roast is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Thibodeaux working Roast over with strikes here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thibodeaux throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Thibodeaux landing strikes, looking to finish!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Thibodeaux thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Thibodeaux is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Roast has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Roast blocking the ground and pound.
Thibodeaux content just to control the position here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roast wants to control but Thibodeaux is having none of it.
Thibodeaux can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Roast is looking to escape.
Thibodeaux sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Thibodeaux with shots to the head and body - Roast looks very uncomfortable down there.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Roast can do anything to dispel that myth.
Thibodeaux controlling the pace for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Thibodeaux tries to control but Roast wriggling away.
Roast is bucking up trying to escape but Thibodeaux cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Thibodeaux lands a couple of good shots and Roast has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Thibodeaux missing with strikes from the back.
Thibodeaux has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Roast's body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Thibodeaux missing with strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sauvage Thibodeaux dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Nice uppercut lands for Roast. That snapped Thibodeaux's head back.
Thibodeaux closes the distance looking to clinch
and Roast cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Thibodeaux drives through and clinches with Roast against the cage.
Roast lands a shoulder strike.
Thibodeaux pulls Roast into guard.
Thibodeaux wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Roast is now in half guard.
Thibodeaux has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Roast is working away from the top position though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thibodeaux controlling the position well.
Thibodeaux is staying active underneath Roast, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thibodeaux looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Thibodeaux looking for submissions off his back.
Thibodeaux is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Thibodeaux is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Thib's Sweat Shoppe, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Thibodeaux trying to control from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Thibodeaux actively working from the bottom here.
Thibodeaux trying to control but Roast postures up.
Thibodeaux looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Thibodeaux trying to control but Roast postures up.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thibodeaux drives through with a takedown into guard.
Roast being controlled here, momentarily.
Thibodeaux is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Roast can do to turn this around?
Chuck Roast has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thibodeaux seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Roast for as long as he can get away with.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Thibodeaux has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Roast lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Sauvage Thibodeaux is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Thibodeaux fails with an attempt to clinch.
Roast looks like he wants to counter punch here.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Chuck Roast.
I think Thibodeaux has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sauvage Thibodeaux!
A very excited looking Sauvage Thibodeaux 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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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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