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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Joe Riformato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Greg Thornton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Riformato comes to the cage accompanied by psycho. Thornton is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Orgasmatron. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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170 lbs
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Joe Riformato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Greg Thornton!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Richard Clark and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Riformato.
Riformato fails to land the takedown.
Thornton scores with a jab to the jaw.
Thornton lands a really nice looking cross but Riformato seems unphased.
Riformato avoids a punch combination nicely.
Riformato really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Riformato shoots in and bounces Thornton off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Riformato trying to control but Thornton is working from the bottom.
Thornton is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Riformato looking to pass the guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Riformato throwing strikes from guard but Thornton blocks nicely.
Riformato won't allow Thornton to get back to his feet.
Riformato tries to free his leg and advance position but Thornton is retaining full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Riformato controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Riformato looking to pass the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Thornton thows a body shot but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Thornton leaves Riformato with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joe Riformato. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Riformato shoots in but no luck this time.
Riformato shoots in looking for a takedown. Thornton tries to sprawl out of it but Riformato keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Thornton manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Riformato fails with a takedown attempt.
Thornton misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Riformato.
Riformato tries to land a leg kick but Thornton saw it coming and moves away.
Thornton rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Riformato moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Riformato tries to clinch but Thornton is having none of it.
Greg Thornton is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Thornton rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Riformato moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Thornton throws a body punch but Riformato moves out of range.
Thornton will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Riformato has a takedown stuffed.
Riformato uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Thornton.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riformato showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Thornton.
Thornton looks gassed!
Riformato fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Thornton avoids it really well and circles away.
Riformato looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Thornton!
Riformato sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Riformato get's back to his feet.
Riformato shoots in for a takedown but Thornton shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riformato fails to land the takedown.
Riformato throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Thornton was covering up waiting for the punch and Riformato finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Riformato won't allow Thornton to get back to his feet.
Riformato looking to sit in guard and control but Thornton gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Thornton trying to stand up but can't free himself from Riformato's guard.
Thornton decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Riformato, up you get!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Greg Thornton will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Thornton takes a kick to the side of the head.
Riformato shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Thornton as he jumps to the side.
Thornton looks to land a combination but Riformato avoids it well.
Thornton tries to bum rush Riformato with a series of wild strikes but Riformato uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Thornton looks to score with a jab to the body but Riformato is just out of range.
Riformato defending well as Thornton loads up on a big left hand.
Thornton leaves Riformato with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Riformato misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joe Riformato. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Thornton throws a jab but it's blocked by Riformato.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Riformato shoots in but no luck this time.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Thornton throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Riformato tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Thornton paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Thornton throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Riformato pushes Thornton up against the cage in a clinch.
Riformato is working for takedown but Thornton is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Riformato tries to pull guard but Thornton holds him up against the cage and eventually Riformato drops back down to his feet.
Thornton has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Riformato is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Riformato tries to pull guard but Thornton holds him up against the cage and eventually Riformato drops back down to his feet.
Riformato prevents Thornton from breaking the clinch.
Riformato lands a body punch.
Riformato tries for a takedown. No joy.
Riformato fails to pull guard.
Riformato tries to score a body lock takedown but Thornton shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Thornton gets underhooks to prevent Riformato's takedown attempt.
Riformato tries to pull guard but Thornton won't allow it.
Thornton's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Riformato slips a jab and a cross from Thornton.
Thornton misses with a double jab.
Riformato rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Thornton moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Thornton is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Riformato rather than just go for the knockout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thornton thows a body shot but no joy.
Thornton stuffs the takedown attempt from Riformato. Riformato gets slowly back to his feet.
Thornton throws a series of punches but Riformato avoids them all with ease.
Thornton misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Thornton defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Riformato.
Thornton throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Riformato.
Riformato tries to score a power double leg takedown but Thornton sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Riformato somewhat.
No joy there for Thornton, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Thornton stuffs the takedown.
Riformato takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Thornton scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Riformato doesn't seem bothered though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thornton fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Riformato manages to avoid it.
Riformato shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Thornton pushes Riformato off and gets back to his feet.
Riformato fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Thornton fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Riformato manages to avoid it.
Thornton thows a body shot but no joy.
Thornton throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Thornton misses the shot to the body.
Riformato throws a head kick but Thornton moves out of range.
Joe Riformato is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Riformato uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Thornton.
Riformato shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Thornton as he jumps to the side.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thornton swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Riformato counters with a nice double leg into side control. Thornton won't be happy with that.
Riformato tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Riformato prevents Thornton from escaping the position.
Riformato wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Thornton, who protects the arm well.
Riformato swings around for an armbar but Thornton sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Riformato's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Riformato dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!
Thornton swinging wilding here.
Riformato shoots in and drives through. Thornton sprawls well.
Thornton goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Riformato feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Riformato trying to control but Thornton is working from the bottom.
Riformato is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Thornton is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Riformato keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Thornton's head.
Joe Riformato overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Riformato is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Riformato in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Riformato stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Thornton swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Riformato slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Riformato trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Riformato trying to control the position from guard on top but Thornton is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Riformato tries to free his leg and advance position but Thornton is retaining full guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Thornton can do anything to dispel that myth.
Thornton keeping moving, preventing Riformato from controlling successfully.
Thornton really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Riformato. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Riformato ducks under a wild hook from Thornton.
Thornton stuffs the takedown.
Riformato shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Thornton as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joe Riformato. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A jab from Thornton finds it's way through Riformato's defenses.
Greg Thornton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thornton swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thornton missing with a left hand there. Riformato was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Riformato scores a takedown into full mount!
Riformato goes for an armbar but Thornton turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Thornton.
Riformato is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Thornton defends well.
Thornton stands up from Riformato's guard - Thornton perhaps looking for a knockout.
Riformato shoots in but no luck this time.
Thornton lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Riformato circles away quickly and effectively.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riformato fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Nice sprawl there from Thornton as Riformato shoots in.
Thornton misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Riformato fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Thornton misses with a body punch
and Riformato counters with a nice double leg into side control. Thornton won't be happy with that.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Riformato postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Thornton throws Riformato to one side and escapes!
A telegraphed right hand from Thornton misses the target.
Riformato shoots in but Thornton avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Thornton keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Thornton looks to throw the jab but Riformato is out of range.
Riformato throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Thornton was covering up waiting for the punch and Riformato finishes the takedown easily into guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Riformato trying to control the position from guard on top but Thornton is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that's the end of the fight!
Joe Riformato showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Riformato has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 29:28
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Riformato!
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