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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Ochoa (ranked 1125 p4p, 934 weight class) and Patrick Thomas (ranked 168 p4p, 133 weight class). Ochoa's entrance music is Gang Signs by The Game. A fine choice. Thomas has chosen LUNIZ -- I GOT 5 ON IT as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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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 18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anthony Ochoa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Patrick Thomas!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Francis DeMontford and Darius Henderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Ochoa moves out of range of the strikes.
Ochoa is looking to counter with a body kick.
Thomas throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ochoa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ochoa is looking to clinch.
Nice defenses there by Thomas.
Ochoa has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Primal Concrete Gym in the buildup to the fight.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Ochoa.
Ochoa pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Thomas connects with a jab.
Ochoa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ochoa takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Thomas swings for the body but Ochoa moves out of range.
Ochoa tries to move into range but Thomas moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Ochoa rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Thomas to counter with a crisp jab.
Ochoa lands a nice looking kick to the body. Thomas takes a step back to recover.
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!
Thomas waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ochoa.
Ochoa looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Thomas just misses with a punch to the body.
Ochoa moves away from the strike by Thomas.
Thomas is looking to slow Ochoa down with leg kicks.
Ochoa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thomas was well out of range. Poor timing from Ochoa.
Thomas is looking to slow Ochoa down with leg kicks.
We've been informed that Thomas has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ochoa tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A big left from Thomas misses.
Thomas tests Ochoa's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Thomas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ochoa.
Ochoa missing with a left hand there. Thomas was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ochoa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Patrick Thomas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thomas throws a hook but Ochoa avoids it easily.
Thomas misses with a straight left.
Ochoa takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Thomas does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Ochoa takes one to the chin there.
Thomas lands with an overhand left.
Thomas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ochoa.
Thomas misses the jab.
A quick step to the side and Ochoa tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ochoa throws a body shot but no joy.
Ochoa throws a nice looking combination but Thomas bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Thomas throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A big right from Ochoa misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Ochoa has time to react.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thomas loads up on a big right hand but Ochoa slips the punch.
Ochoa scoring well with a low kick there.
Thomas misses with a straight left.
Ochoa jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Thomas takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Thomas avoids the body shot from Ochoa.
Thomas drops his hands momentarily and Ochoa takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
The fighters circling - Thomas throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ochoa tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Thomas manages to circle out of the way.
Nice defenses there by Thomas.
Ochoa walks into a jab.
Thomas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ochoa swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Thomas steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ochoa.
Thomas misses with a looping right.
Ochoa throws a body shot but no joy.
A good leg kick by Thomas.
Thomas misses with a looping left.
Ochoa swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Ochoa missing with a left hand there. Thomas was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Thomas misses the shot to the body.
Ochoa cracks a nice hook into Thomas's ribs.
Ochoa's jab looks to have found its range, popping Thomas under the eye.
Ochoa throws a chopping leg kick but Thomas manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Ochoa tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Thomas is able to avoid easily.
Thomas connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A big left from Thomas misses.
Thomas is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Ochoa had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Thomas slips a jab from Ochoa.
A chopping leg kick lands by Thomas.
A good leg kick by Ochoa.
Ochoa takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ochoa throws a wild body kick that Thomas sees coming a mile off.
Ochoa swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Thomas.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Good leg kick by Thomas.
Ochoa lands a nice hook to Thomas's body. Thomas takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ochoa throws a shot from downtown. Thomas moves away and avoids it.
Good shot there by Ochoa.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas scores with the left hand. Ochoa knows he should have avoided that one.
Ochoa throws a low kick, looking for Thomas's leg but Thomas calmly moves out of range.
Ochoa looks to land a left hand but Thomas moved out of range nicely.
Ochoa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Thomas sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ochoa on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Thomas lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Thomas lands a head shot.
A jab from Thomas does it's job there.
Thomas lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Ochoa looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Thomas connects with a right hand. Ochoa shakes it off.
Thomas takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ochoa moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Ochoa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Thomas moves away.
Ochoa looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Ochoa throws an overhand right that lands on Thomas's shoulder, as Thomas tries to avoid the shot.
Ochoa takes one to the chin there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Patrick Thomas dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Ochoa takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Good leg kick by Ochoa.
Ochoa on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Thomas. Thomas obviously looking to wear him down.
A nice leg kick lands there from Thomas.
Thomas misses with an uppercut. Ochoa saw that one coming.
Thomas slips a jab and a cross from Ochoa.
Thomas checks a leg kick.
Thomas was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Ochoa swings for the body but Thomas moves out of range.
A big right from Thomas misses.
Ochoa misses with a hook.
A little jabbing left from Thomas on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Ochoa cracks a nice hook into Thomas's ribs.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ochoa. That's going to slow Thomas down.
Ochoa throws a body shot but no joy.
Ochoa walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Ochoa rushes Thomas and presses him up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ochoa lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Thomas backwards.
Ochoa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nice body punch from Ochoa.
Ochoa is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ochoa tries to work over Thomas's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ochoa looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Ochoa throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Thomass head.
Thomas misses with some punches.
Thomas pushes off an throws an elbow but Ochoa leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ochoa.
Thomas struggles to land a body shot inside as Ochoa controls his hands.
Ochoa swings wildly with an uppercut but Thomas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ochoa has a couple of punches blocked by Thomas.
A short right from Ochoa on the inside.
Thomas tries to throw a body punch but Ochoa avoids it by throwing Thomas back against the cage.
Thomas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Ochoa.
Thomas gets through Ochoa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Thomas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ochoa lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ochoa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Thomas lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ochoa blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Ochoa fails to land.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ochoa blocks an elbow strike from Thomas.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ochoa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ochoa lands a hook that snaps the head of Thomas backwards.
Thomas blocks an uppercut.
Ochoa lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Thomas tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Thomas misses with a punch on the inside.
Thomas pushes Ochoa back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Ochoa is working Thomas over against the cage.
Ochoa tries a body shot but Thomas blocks it.
Ochoa throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Thomass head.
Ochoa lands a left hand that snaps the head of Thomas backwards.
Thomas pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Thomas tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ochoa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Thomas throws a lazy uppercut
and Ochoa counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Ochoa wants to clinch up but Thomas keeps it at a distance.
Thomas looks to land a right hand but Ochoa moved out of range.
Ochoa misses with a body kick.
Thomas tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ochoa was well out of range. Poor timing from Thomas.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ochoa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Thomas moves away.
Thomas lands a nice looking body shot.
Ochoa looks to throw the jab but Thomas is out of range.
Ochoa misses with a body shot.
Ochoa thows a body kick. Thomas tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Thomas is breathing heavily.
Ochoa defending well as Thomas loads up on a big left hand.
Ochoa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Thomas scores with a nice head shot.
Ochoa looks to score with a jab to the body but Thomas is just out of range.
Thomas throws a leg kick but Ochoa sees it coming and moves out of range.
The fighters circle momentarily. Ochoa darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Thomas loads up on a big right hand but Ochoa slips the punch.
Ochoa fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Thomas.
Thomas misses with a looping left.
Thomas lands with a cross.
Ochoa throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Thomas misses with a hook
and Ochoa counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Thomas thinking.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thomas misses with an uppercut.
Ochoa connects with a leg kick.
Ochoa throws a nice head kick!
Ochoa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Thomas.
Ochoa throws a sloppy head kick and Thomas moves out of range easily.
Patrick Thomas seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Thomas misses with an uppercut.
Thomas throws a lazy right hand but Ochoa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ochoa tries to counter by clinching up but Thomas breaks away and moves out of range.
Thomas dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ochoa. That did some damage!
Thomas dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ochoa moves out of range of the strikes.
Thomas throws a jab when Ochoa was well out of range.
Thomas uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ochoa.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ochoa gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Thomas pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Thomas blocking some punches.
Ochoa lands on the inside with an uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Anthony Ochoa dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Ochoa takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Ochoa ducks under a wild hook from Thomas.
Ochoa thinks about countering with a body kick.
Ochoa misses with an attempted mid kick.
Ochoa misses with a body kick.
Ochoa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ochoa feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Thomass jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Ochoa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Thomas throws out the jab.
Ochoa throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Thomas uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Thomas throws a jab when Ochoa was well out of range.
Thomas closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Thomas scores with a sloppy right hand. Ochoa should have avoided that one.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ochoa. Thomas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Thomas scores with a crisp jab that stopped Ochoa in his tracks.
Ochoa gets cracked there but stands up to it.
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!
Thomas needs to keep his hands up - Ochoa had a free shot at his head there.
Nice shot by Thomas.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Ochoa blocks the low kick.
Thomas looks to land a left hand but Ochoa moved out of range nicely.
Thomas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ochoa.
A punch lands to the side of Ochoa 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Thomas scores with a punch to the head.
Thomas throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ochoa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Thomas misses with an uppercut. Ochoa saw that one coming.
Thomas bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ochoa takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Thomas takes one to the side of the head.
Thomas ducks under a wild hook from Ochoa.
Thomas throws a lazy right hand but Ochoa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Thomas waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ochoa.
Ochoa throws a quick counter kick to the body but Thomas avoids it.
Thomas avoids the body shot from Ochoa.
Thomas scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Ochoa doesn't seem bothered though.
Thomas defending well as Ochoa loads up on a big left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ochoa fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Thomas is out of range.
Thomas does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Ochoa is looking to counter punch.
Ochoa walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thomas lands a lovely overhand right.
The crowd cheers as Ochoa lands an impressive looking overhand right. Thomas doesn't seem phased though.
Thomas misses with a looping right.
Ochoa was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Ochoa misses the shot to the body.
Thomas swings widly with a right hand
and Ochoa counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Thomas throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ochoa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ochoa attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Ochoa moves forwards but Thomas connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Thomas misses with an uppercut.
Ochoa scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Thomas takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ochoa attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Ochoa on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Thomas. Thomas obviously looking to wear him down.
Nice jab there from Ochoa.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ochoa.
Ochoa throws a body shot but no joy.
Ochoa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Thomas pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ochoa misses with a kick to the body.
Ochoa on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Thomas throws a body punch but Ochoa moves out of range.
Thomas scores with a leg kick.
Thomas throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ochoa stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Ochoa lands a jab.
Ochoa with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Thomas to score with a decent uppercut.
Ochoa rushes Thomas and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ochoa lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Thomas.
Thomas blocks a body shot from Ochoa.
Thomas scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Thomas.
Ochoa works on Thomas's body with a couple of short punches.
Ochoa digs a right hand into Thomas's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Thomas's gas tank.
Ochoa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ochoa tries to work over Thomas's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Anthony Ochoa has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Thomas blocks an uppercut.
Ochoa lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Thomas backwards.
Ochoa lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Thomas or not.
Ochoa scores with a shot to the side of Thomas's head.
Ochoa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ochoa scores with a hook to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Thomas just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ochoa's brow.
Ochoa lands a left hand.
Ochoa avoids the elbow strike from Thomas, against the cage.
Ochoa lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ochoa lands a nice shot to the body.
Ochoa scores with a shoulder strike.
Ochoa makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Ochoa.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Anthony Ochoa.
I think Ochoa 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight 29:28
Judge Francis DeMontford scores the fight 29:28
Judge Darius Henderson scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anthony Ochoa!
Anthony Ochoa seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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