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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rickson Caceres (ranked 403 p4p, 1607 weight class) and Dave Thompson (ranked 40 p4p, 141 weight class). Thompson has chosen Emmure - Nemesis as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!
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Basic striking
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rickson Caceres!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dave Thompson!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Dmitry Maklakov and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thompson misses with the combination.
Thompson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nice sprawl there from Thompson as Caceres shoots in.
Thompson leaves Caceres with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Caceres has closed the distance and engaged Thompson in a clinch.
Thompson misses with the head strike.
Caceres tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rickson Caceres. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Caceres looking for a takedown.
Thompson misses with some punches.
Caceres wants a takedown but no success here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thompson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Caceres stalling.
Caceres is trying to maintain a safe position but Thompson gets an underhook and turns Caceres into the cage.
Caceres tries to pull guard but Thompson holds him up against the cage and eventually Caceres drops back down to his feet.
Caceres goes for a takedown attempt but Thompson pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Caceres avoids a punch combination nicely.
Caceres bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Thompson sneaks out the side door and pushes Caceres away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Caceres fails with a takedown attempt.
Caceres has been working on his balance at Shinobi Martial Arts & Ninjutsu , so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Thompson.
Caceres avoids a punch combination nicely.
Thompson misses with a few strikes there.
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!
Thompson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Caceres circles away quickly and effectively.
Thompson moves out of range of the strikes.
Dave Thompson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Caceres thows a left - swing and a miss!
Thompson misses with a double jab.
Thompson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Caceres shoots in for a takedown but Thompson shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Caceres looking to score a takedown here. Thompson is defending well but Caceres drives through and ends up in Thompson's guard.
Caceres scoring with some ground and pound.
Caceres prevents Thompson from getting back to his feet.
Thompson keeping moving, preventing Caceres from controlling successfully.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caceres trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Caceres is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Caceres advances to half guard.
Caceres 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.
Caceres looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Thompson is pushing off trying to get to his feet. Caceres has hold of the leg though and he's dropped back for a heel hook… has he got it?? YES! Thompson is tapping! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Heel Hook). Rickson Caceres!
Rickson Caceres retains his featherweight title!
After the fight, Rickson Caceres was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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hype
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