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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Henrique Rosa (ranked 1728 p4p, 2090 weight class) and Patrick Thomas (ranked 217 p4p, 258 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Thomas's choice of entrance music: Central Cee - 6 for 6. Henrique Rosa had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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205
21 - 16 - 1 |
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195 cm
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215
25 - 19 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Very quick |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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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 21 - 16 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Henrique Rosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Patrick Thomas!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling Rosa to counter with a crisp jab.
Thomas cracks Rosa with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Thomas moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
It looks like Henrique Rosa has been cut.
Rosa avoids the head kick by Thomas.
Rosa was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Rosa lands a jab to the head.
Rosa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Thomas connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Rosa walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Thomas throws a body shot but no joy.
Rosa blocks the body kick.
Rosa appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Thomas tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thomas thumps Rosa with a low kick.
Thomas loads up on a big right hand but Rosa slips the punch.
Thomas misses with a hook
and Rosa counters with an outside leg kick.
A low kick lands for Rosa.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rosa walks into a left hand.
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.
Thomas looks to score with a jab to the body but Rosa is just out of range.
Thomas misses the shot to the body.
Rosa takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Thomas throws a body kick that misses.
Rosa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Thomas's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Rosa connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Thomas scrambles back to his feet.
Thomas takes one to the side of the head.
Rosa takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Thomas throws out a loose jab but Rosa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rosa throws a lazy right hand but Thomas sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rosa slips under a jab from Thomas.
Rosa wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rosa misses with a hook. Thomas ducked under it nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rosa 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.
Thomas throws a body kick that misses
letting Rosa counter with a right hand.
Rosa tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Thomas is able to avoid easily.
Thomas has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Thomas on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Rosa pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Thomas tries to counter by closing the distance.
Thomas connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Thomas drives through and clinches with Rosa against the cage.
Rosa tries to work over Thomas's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Thomas swings wildly with an uppercut but Rosa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rosa can't find room to land a body shot as Thomas controls the action.
Thomas lands an elbow inside that Rosa shrugs off.
Rosa scores with a shot to the side of Thomas's head.
Thomas prevents a body shot from Rosa.
Rosa gets through Thomas's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Thomas tries a body shot but Rosa blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rosa.
Rosa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rosa lands with a left to the head.
Thomas throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rosa tries to throw a body punch but Thomas avoids it by throwing Rosa back against the cage.
Thomas lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Thomas tries to throw a body punch but Rosa avoids it by throwing Thomas back against the cage.
Thomas looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rosa softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Thomas pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Rosa can't find room to land a body shot as Thomas controls the action.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rosa creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Thomas lands a body shot.
Thomas swings wildly with an uppercut but Rosa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thomas looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Thomas.
Rosa cracks Thomas with a nice body shot.
Thomas tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rosa avoids it.
Thomas goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rosa lands a body shot.
Thomas with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thomas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Thomas goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rosa struggles to land a body shot inside as Thomas controls his hands.
Rosa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rosa blocks an uppercut.
Thomas scores with a shot to the side of Rosa's head.
A short uppercut from Thomas.
Thomas pushes Rosa back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short left from Thomas.
Thomas misses with an elbow strike.
Thomas working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Thomas swings wildly with an uppercut but Rosa uses good head movement to avoid it.
A body shot lands from Rosa.
Rosa working aggressively here.
Thomas using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rosa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thomas working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Thomas misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rosa blocks an elbow strike from Thomas.
A head punch on the inside from Thomas fails to land.
Rosa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Thomas scores with a shot to the side of Rosa's head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Patrick Thomas dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Henrique Rosa's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Thomas throws a shot from downtown. Rosa moves away and avoids it.
Thomas misses with a kick to the body.
Thomas throws a head kick that misses.
Thomas feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Rosas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Patrick Thomas seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Thomas lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Rosa is rocked!
Rosa tries to get into range but Thomas steps to the side and lands a beautiful hook that drops Rosa! He's faceplanted into the mat, ass in the air... he's out cold! That's an image he won't want to show his grandkids when he gets older! Thomas scores the big KO victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Patrick Thomas!
Our winner, Patrick Thomas, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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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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