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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Barrett Salinas (ranked 3911 p4p, 4279 weight class) and Anthony Thomas (ranked 414 p4p, 429 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Barrett Salinas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Anthony Thomas!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Daniel Bishop and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Salinas defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Thomas.
It looked like Salinas was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Thomas walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Salinas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Salinas looks to clinch
and Thomas counters with an inside leg kick.
Salinas slaps away a takedown attempt from Thomas, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Thomas looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Barrett Salinas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anthony Thomas.
Thomas tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Salinas defends well and Thomas ends up having to push Salinas into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Salinas scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
It looks like Anthony Thomas has been cut.
Thomas showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Salinas.
Thomas steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Salinas.
Salinas blocks a head kick by Thomas.
Salinas throws a big counter combination but Thomas scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Salinas connects with a good right hand that stumbles Thomas. Thomas circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Thomas.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Salinas closes this distance looking for a takedown but Thomas circles away.
Thomas gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Thomas goes for a takedown attempt but Salinas pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas looking to score a takedown here. Salinas is defending well but Thomas drives through and ends up in Salinas's guard.
Thomas throws an elbow that misses. Salinas uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Thomas's guard. Nice move by Salinas!
Thomas looking to hit a scissor sweep but Salinas is one step ahead there.
Thomas really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Salinas. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Salinas gets to his feet. Thomas looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Salinas throws a series of punches but Thomas avoids them all with ease.
Salinas misses with a two punch combination.
Thomas changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Salinas tries to avoid it but Thomas manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Salinas to the ground. Salinas escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Thomas closes the distance but Salinas moves to the side
and Salinas counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Salinas shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Thomas wants to counter the offense by Salinas and move into the clinch position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thomas tries a head kick but it misses.
Thomas gets a clinch.
Thomas is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Thomas looks winded!
Salinas letting Thomas take a breather here.
Salinas tries to circle away but Thomas has him pinned against the cage.
Salinas is trying to break the clinch but Thomas has him pressed against the cage.
Thomas is working for takedown but Salinas is calmly controlling the position for now.
Salinas wants to break the clinch but can't.
Thomas is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Thomas is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Salinas to keep the fight standing.
Salinas takes an elbow to the forehead.
Salinas is looking to break free of the clinch but Thomas has double underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Salinas can't fight it off and eventually Thomas manages to take the fight to the floor. Salinas looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Salinas pushes Thomas off and scrambles back to his feet.
Salinas lands with an uppercut that bounces Thomas off the cage and back into range.
Salinas ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Salinas misses with a takedown attempt - Thomas sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Salinas throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Thomas.
Salinas shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Thomas pinned against the cage. Thomas gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Thomas wants to counter the offense by Salinas and move into the clinch position.
Thomas lands with a kick to the temple. Salinas shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thomas shoots in but no luck this time.
Salinas shoots in and drives through. Thomas sprawls well.
Salinas misses with a jab, cross combination.
Salinas tries to close the distance and clinch but Thomas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Thomas changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Thomas finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Salinas closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Salinas tries to clinch up.
Thomas changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Salinas tries to avoid it but Thomas manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Salinas to the ground. Salinas escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Thomas ducks right into an uppercut from Salinas.
Salinas lands a right hook to the body.
Anthony Thomas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Salinas is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Salinas tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Thomas manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Thomas throws a push kick but Salinas slaps the foot to one side.
Salinas seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Thomas checks a low kick from Salinas.
Salinas misses with a double jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Barrett Salinas dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Anthony Thomas's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Salinas has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Thomas.
Salinas shoots in and drives through. Thomas sprawls well.
Thomas misses with a takedown attempt - Salinas sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Salinas wants to clinch.
Salinas looks to land a combination but Thomas avoids it well.
Salinas throws a leg kick that misses.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Thomas lands with a kick to the temple. Salinas shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Thomas has a takedown stuffed.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Salinas digs a good body shot into Thomas's ribs.
Thomas checks a leg kick nicely.
Thomas lunges at Salinas with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Salinas's hand.
Thomas jabs at Salinas's body.
Salinas defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Thomas.
Barrett Salinas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anthony Thomas.
Thomas is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salinas tries to clinch but Thomas is having none of it.
Thomas drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Salinas defends it well.
Salinas lands a slapping body shot.
Salinas misses with a two punch combination.
Barrett Salinas is winning the standup battle so far.
Salinas misses with a low kick.
Some wild striking there from Salinas.
Thomas throws a counter combo.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Salinas!
Salinas lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Salinas.
Thomas shoots for a takedown but Salinas saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
As Thomas looks to move away, Salinas throws a big counter combo but Thomas just gets out of the way.
Some wild striking there from Thomas.
Thomas closes the distance and clinches.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Thomas just misses with a elbow thrown towards Salinas's brow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Salinas fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salinas gets underhooks to prevent Thomas's takedown attempt.
Thomas avoiding damage.
Thomas with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Thomas is trying to pull guard but Salinas has him pressed against the cage.
Salinas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Thomas closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Salinas tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Salinas wants to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salinas trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Thomas controlling the position easily from mount.
Salinas wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Salinas bucks up and throws Thomas to the side - he's got back to his feet. Great escape!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas looks for a takedown but Salinas sprawls well.
Salinas tries to counter by clinching up but Thomas breaks away and moves out of range.
Salinas shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Thomas eats them both and turns towards Salinas to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Salinas misses with a few strikes there.
Thomas darts in looking for a takedown but Salinas gets double underhooks and turns Thomas into the cage.
Thomas checks a leg kick nicely.
Thomas changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Salinas tries to avoid it but Thomas manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Salinas to the ground. Salinas escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Salinas is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Thomas can do to turn this around?
Thomas avoids a punch combination nicely.
Salinas stuns Thomas with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thomas looks for a takedown but Salinas sprawls well.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Barrett Salinas dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Anthony Thomas's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Thomas is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Salinas.
Salinas shoots in but Thomas avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Salinas looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Thomas shoots in but Salinas avoids the takedown attempt easily.
It looked like Salinas was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Thomas.
Thomas dodges the punch combination from Salinas.
Thomas takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A solid body kick from Thomas.
Thomas fails with the takedown.
Salinas lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Thomas backs up against the cage.
Salinas stalks Thomas and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Thomas's face. Thomas staggers backwards, shaken.
Thomas takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Salinas to the ground. Thomas is now in Salinas's guard.
Thomas won't allow Salinas to get back to his feet.
Thomas loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Salinas is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Thomas must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Thomas sitting in guard here, content to control.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas gets to his feet - Salinas follows without any prompting.
Thomas looking to score a takedown here. Salinas is defending well but Thomas drives through and ends up in Salinas's guard.
The fighters are working up against the cage. Salinas manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thomas is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Salinas is defending well.
Barrett Salinas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anthony Thomas.
Salinas has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Thomas keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Salinas's efforts to push away.
Salinas is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Thomas is trying to drag Salinas to the mat but Salinas just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Thomas tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Salinas smiles and moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salinas lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Thomas throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Thomas misses the shot to the body.
Salinas seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Thomas looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Salinas lands an overhand right.
Salinas scores with a body shot.
Thomas stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Thomas wants it to stay on the feet.
Salinas throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Thomas's waist but Thomas gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Salinas off to one side.
No luck for Salinas with that takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salinas throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Salinas throws a quick inside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Salinas throws a body punch but Thomas moves out of range.
Salinas throws a right hand that Thomas ducks under and follows up with a left that Thomas also avoids with ease.
Thomas wants to counter the offense by Salinas and move into the clinch position.
Salinas gets caught napping as Thomas dives in and scores a takedown. Salinas manages to retain guard.
Barrett Salinas is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Salinas has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Thomas has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
Thomas lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Salinas kicks off Thomas and gets to his feet.
Salinas lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Salinas throws a series of punches but Thomas moves out of range.
Thomas is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Anthony Thomas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Salinas throws a right hand that Thomas ducks under and follows up with a left that Thomas also avoids with ease.
And that's the end of the fight!
Barrett Salinas showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Salinas, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Barrett Salinas!
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