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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Rose (ranked 26 p4p, 80 weight class) and Mabuz Bacia (ranked 5 p4p, 12 weight class). Rose comes to the cage accompanied by Raining Blood. Thomas Rose has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Thomas Rose!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mabuz Bacia!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Trevor Gratis and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Rose.
It looked like Rose was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Bacia.
Rose moves out of range as Bacia strikes.
Mabuz Bacia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bacia misses with a right hand
and Rose holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Rose putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bacia in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Rose keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bacia's efforts to push away.
Bacia is trying to force a seperation but Rose has the dominant position.
Bacia is trying to force a seperation but Rose has the dominant position.
Bacia blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Our sources have told us that Rose has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Rose lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bacia throws a head punch that misses.
A frustrated look appears on Bacia's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Rose scores with a hook to the body.
Rose scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bacia avoiding damage as Rose throws knees to the body.
Bacia struggles to land a body shot inside as Rose controls his hands.
Bacia's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bacia misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rose avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rose was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Bacia throws an off balance right hand
and Rose counters with a crisp right hand that drops Bacia! Rose lets Bacia back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
It looks like Mabuz Bacia has been cut.
Rose avoids the head kick by Bacia.
Bacia connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
It looks like Thomas Rose has been cut.
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!
Rose keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bacia.
Bacia scores with a jab to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rose bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bacia will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rose keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bacia.
Bacia misses with a hook
and Rose counters with a crisp right hand that drops Bacia! Rose lets Bacia back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Bacia is rocked!
Bacia wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Bacia throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rose wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Bacia throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rose counters with a crisp right hand that drops Bacia! Rose lets Bacia back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Bacia is still on wobbly legs! Can Rose finish him?
That has opened up Mabuz Bacia's cut even more.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bacia swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rose appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Bacia seems to have recovered his senses.
Bacia throws out a loose jab but Rose uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rose takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Bacia might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
A right-left combo lands from Bacia.
Bacia misses with a straight right.
Bacia misses with a hook
and Rose counters with a good, hard body kick but Bacia shrugs it off.
Bacia looks winded!
Bacia throws a low kick but Rose avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bacia throws a hook to the side of Rose's head but Rose sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rose is looking to counter the offense by Bacia and move into the clinch.
Bacia throws a poor cross that misses
and Rose finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Bacia is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rose.
Rose tries to counter by clinching up but Bacia breaks away and moves out of range.
Bacia misses with a left hand
and Rose moves into the clinch.
Rose lands with a short shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rose lands with a left to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Bacia fails to land.
Rose scores with a knee to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rose lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The cut above Mabuz Bacia's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Rose lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rose swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rose misses with a knee to the head.
Bacia is looking to break free of the clinch but Rose has double underhooks.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Thomas Rose dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Bacia misses with a wild combination.
Rose tries to counter by clinching up but Bacia breaks away and moves out of range.
Rose blocks a jab.
Bacia misses with the combination.
Rose showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bacia.
Rose looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rose drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Thomas Rose's cut is getting worse.
Thomas Rose is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bacia connects with a jab.
Rose is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bacia can do to turn this around?
A head kick by Bacia misses
and Rose counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Rose working Bacia over with knees to the body.
Bacia is breathing heavily.
Rose with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bacia throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rose blocks it with crossed arms.
Bacia breaks from the clinch.
Bacia misses with a right hand
and Rose counters with a big right hand! Oh Bacia is in trouble here! Rose follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thomas Rose!
During a confident post fight interview, Thomas Rose thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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