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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Moses Okafor (ranked 279 p4p, 193 weight class) and Haw Thorn (ranked 39 p4p, 29 weight class). Thorn has chosen For Heavy Metal we will die! as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Moses Okafor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Haw Thorn!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Arvi Lind and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Okafor swings for the body but Thorn moves out of range.
Okafor lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The fighters circling - Okafor throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Okafor takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Okafor throws a body punch but Thorn moves out of range.
Okafor misses with a double jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Okafor. Thorn does a little dance to reset his feet.
Thorn misses with a looping left.
Okafor seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Okafor throws a left and a right that both miss
and Thorn counters with a straight right hand.
Thorn gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Thorn lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Thorn misses with a hook from the clinch.
Thorn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Okafor tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Okafor tries a body shot but Thorn blocks it.
Okafor blocks a body shot from Thorn.
I was talking to Okafor's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Okafor misses with a hook from the clinch.
Thorn misses with a punch to the body.
Thorn works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Thorn throws a punch but it's blocked by Okafor.
Thorn's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Okafor moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Okafor will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Thorn throws out a counter right but Okafor avoids it with no problem.
Okafor throws a hook but Thorn blocks it.
Okafor avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Okafor clobbers Thorn with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Okafor connects with a right hand. Thorn shakes it off.
Thorn gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Okafor throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Thorns head.
Okafor blocks a body shot from Thorn.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Okafor scores with a nice short uppercut.
It looks like Haw Thorn has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thorn misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Thorn.
Okafor misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Okafor doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Okafor lands a hook that snaps the head of Thorn backwards.
Okafor lands with a short shot to the head.
Thorn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Thorn keeps control of Okafor as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Okafor lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Thorn or not.
Okafor misses with a hook to the ribs.
Thorn blocks a body shot from Okafor.
Thorn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Okafor's elbow.
Thorn has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Okafor seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Thorn can turn it around.
Okafor throws a punch but it's blocked by Thorn.
Thorn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Okafor's elbow.
Okafor working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Thorn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Thorn takes a shot to the head.
Thorn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Okafor struggles to land a body shot inside as Thorn controls his hands.
Thorn digs a right hand into Okafor's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Okafor's gas tank.
Okafor throws a punch but it's blocked by Thorn.
Thorn breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Okafor uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Thorn has time to react.
A jab lands there for Thorn.
Thorn on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Thorn connects with a good right hand that stumbles Okafor. Okafor circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Thorn avoids the body shot from Okafor.
Okafor throws a body punch but Thorn moves out of range.
A little jabbing left from Thorn on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Okafor closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Okafor fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Okafor misses with a body punch
and Thorn finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Okafor scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thorn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Okafor.
Thorn slips under a jab from Okafor.
Okafor uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Okafor throws a shot to the body.
Okafor moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Thorn moves forwards but Okafor connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Okafor misses with a wild combination.
Thorn dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Okafor. That did some damage!
Thorn closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Okafor misses with a hook. Thorn ducked under it nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Moses Okafor dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Haw Thorn's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Thorn moves into the clinch.
Thorn lands a hook that snaps the head of Okafor backwards.
Thorn misses with a body punch.
Okafor is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Thorn can do to turn this around?
Okafor pushes Thorn back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Thorn blocking some punches.
Thorn is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Thorn has a couple of punches blocked by Okafor.
Okafor struggles to land a body shot inside as Thorn controls his hands.
Okafor throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Thorns head.
Thorn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Thorn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Thorn pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thorn throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Thorn missing with a left hand there. Okafor was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Thorn moves out of range of the strikes.
A little jabbing left from Thorn on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Okafor thuds his right hand into Thorn's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Okafor swats away the attempt to clinch by Thorn.
Okafor throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Okafor throws a body shot but no joy.
Okafor's jab looks to have found its range, popping Thorn under the eye.
Okafor takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Thorn's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Okafor connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Thorn scrambles back to his feet.
Thorn takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Thorn gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Okafor misses with an uppercut
and Thorn counters with an inside leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Okafor misses the target.
Okafor avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Okafor circles away from the clinch attempt.
Okafor misses with a wild body shot.
Sloppy strikes from Okafor. Those never looked like landing.
Thorn swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Okafor jabs Thorn to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Thorn has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Thorn there as he acknowledges the shot.
Thorn takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Thorn looks to land a body kick but Okafor moved away.
Okafor swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Thorn counters with a nice body kick.
Okafor throws a shot from downtown. Thorn moves away and avoids it.
Okafor throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Thorn appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Okafor lands the left hand.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Thorn!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Okafor lands with a cross.
A swing and a miss from Okafor.
Left hook, right uppercut from Okafor.
Thorn misses with an attempted mid kick.
Okafor throws a big counter combination but Thorn scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Okafor uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Thorn.
Okafor thows a left - swing and a miss!
Thorn steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Thorn misses with a two punch combination.
Donk. Okafor catches Thorn right on the button with a cross.
Thorn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Thorn connects with a body shot that sends Okafor's belly button to the back.
Thorn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Okafor uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Thorn.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Okafor keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Okafor uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A jab lands there for Okafor.
Moses Okafor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Okafor misses with a double jab.
Thorn throws a right and a left that both miss.
An attempted straight right counter from Okafor misses the target.
Okafor misses with an uppercut.
Thorn follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Okafor throws an overhand right that lands on Thorn's shoulder, as Thorn tries to avoid the shot.
Thorn takes one to the chin there.
Okafor uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Thorn.
Okafor lands a glancing blow to the side of Thorn's head.
Thorn moves out of range of the strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Moses Okafor dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Haw Thorn's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Okafor defending well as Thorn loads up on a big left hand.
Haw Thorn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Okafor throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Thorn counters with a good low kick that Okafor was not able to check.
Okafor misses with a two punch combination.
Okafor rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Thorn counters with a one-two to the body.
Okafor throws a predictable looking body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Okafor crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Thorn - the referee stops the clock and Okafor gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Thorn. Okafor manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Thorn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Some wild striking there from Thorn.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Okafor misses the shot to the body.
Okafor takes a swing at Thorn's ribcage but misses.
It seemed like Thorn was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Okafor throws a hook to the side of Thorn's head but Thorn sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thorn looks to land a combination but Okafor avoids it well.
Thorn throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Okafor just misses with a punch to the body.
Okafor scores with a jab to the jaw.
Thorn showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Okafor.
Thorn scores with a jab. Okafor acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Thorn scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Okafor doesn't seem bothered though.
Thorn bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Okafor's head backwards.
Okafor throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Thorn lands a big head kick that sends Okafor tumbling to the mat! Thorn takes a step backwards and waves Okafor back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Okafor is rocked!
It looks like Moses Okafor has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Okafor throws out a loose jab but Thorn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Oh Okafor is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Okafor scores with a three punch combo!
Thorn looks for the body kick but Okafor saw that one coming.
Okafor loads up on a big right hand but Thorn slips the punch.
Okafor throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Okafor seems to have got his legs back now.
Okafor throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Okafor lands with a nice body punch.
A big right from Thorn misses.
Okafor swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Thorn counters with a nice right hand that sends Okafor toppling to the canvas! Okafor scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Thorn finish him?!
Okafor throws a right and a left that Thorn avoids nicely.
Okafor throws a series of punches but Thorn avoids them all with ease.
Thorn throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A slow jab from Thorn misses its intended target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crack! A monster head kick from Thorn and Okafor falls like a tree - timbeeeeeeeeeeerrrr! A highlight reel knockout by Thorn!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:06 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Haw Thorn!
During a confident post fight interview, Haw Thorn thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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