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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jericho Wilson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josh Thomison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wilson comes to the cage accompanied by The Trooper. Jericho Wilson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jericho Wilson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Josh Thomison!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Elvis Blanc and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wilson changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Thomison looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Thomison can't do much from the bottom here.
Wilson connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Thomison some visible discomfort.
Wilson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Thomison keeps working.
Thomison is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Thomison has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Wilson is working away from the top position though.
Wilson takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Wilson is pressing down on Thomison's thigh, looking to free his foot. Thomison is holding on for now.
Thomison tries to roll over but Wilson keeps him under control.
Thomison wants to control but Wilson is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wilson wants to pass to mount but Thomison is defending the position.
Thomison wants to get back to full guard.
Thomison gets full guard.
Wilson has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Thomison is proving hard to escape from.
Wilson has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Wilson wants to control from the top but Thomison keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Wilson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Thomison takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Wilson looking to control but Thomison is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Thomison regains half guard.
Wilson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Thomison on the ground.
Wilson is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Wilson is breathing heavily.
Thomison gets full guard.
Thomison working a defensive guard here.
Thomison is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Thomison tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Wilson throws a big right hand that misses.
Thomison wants to sweep here but Wilson controlling him for the moment.
Thomison throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Thomison fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Wilson sprawls well initially but Thomison persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Thomison slips a nice elbow through Wilson's hands, connecting with Wilson's forehead.
Thomison wants to stand up but Wilson is controlling the position.
Thomison trying to mount his opponent but Wilson defends it.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Thomison thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Wilson's head.
Wilson is doing well to control the position and prevent Thomison from advancing to side control.
Thomison scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Thomison performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Wilson is refusing to be controlled, as Thomison sits in half guard.
Thomison thows a huge punch but Wilson dodges it nicely.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Wilson throws a sloppy head kick and Thomison moves out of range easily.
Thomison displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Wilson throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Thomison.
Thomison just misses with a punch to the body.
Wilson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wilson closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Wilson lands in his opponent's guard.
Thomison looking for a sweep. Not yet Thomison, not yet.
Wilson landing with the ground and pound.
Thomison keeping moving, preventing Wilson from controlling successfully.
Wilson connects with a couple of short punches.
Thomison has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Thomison can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Wilson controls the pace.
Wilson trying to control but Thomison is working from the bottom.
Wilson slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wilson trying to control but Thomison is working from the bottom.
Thomison throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Thomison keeping moving, preventing Wilson from controlling successfully.
Wilson controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Wilson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Wilson stands up and waves to Thomison to follow him.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Thomison.
Thomison looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wilson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Thomison counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Wilson looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Thomison!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wilson in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Wilson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Thomison is looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jericho Wilson dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Wilson is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Thomison.
It looks like Jericho Wilson has been cut.
Thomison misses with a lunging right hand
and Wilson counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Wilson thows a big elbow that misses.
Wilson stays in close to Thomison's body and controls the position.
Thomison 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.
Jericho Wilson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Thomison trying to keep a closed guard but Wilson is proving a slippery customer.
Thomison manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Thomison lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Wilson is working to get back to half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Thomison lands a heavy elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thomison can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Wilson is looking to escape.
Wilson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomison forces the positional change into back control.
Thomison is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Wilson defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Thomison scores with punches and elbows.
Thomison lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Wilson tries to break free.
Thomison looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Thomison lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Wilson.
Thomison scores with punches from the back.
Wilson is really stuck here.
Thomison is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Thomison gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Thomison gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Thomison apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Josh Thomison seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thomison circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomison avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Thomison feints and as Wilson raises his hands in defense, Thomison changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wilson has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Wilson trying to control the position.
Thomison preventing the sweep.
Wilson throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Thomison tries to free his leg and advance position but Wilson is retaining full guard.
Wilson is pulling down on Thomison's head to control his posture.
Wilson looking for a guillotine here but Thomison defends easily.
Thomison wants to control from the top but Wilson keeps moving.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Thomison shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
so Wilson counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilson trying to control the position from guard on top but Thomison is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wilson is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Thomison is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Wilson tries to free his leg and advance position but Thomison is retaining full guard.
Wilson sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Thomison striking off his back, scoring a few points.
Thomison throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Thomison throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Wilson showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Thomison wants to sweep here but Wilson controlling him for the moment.
Thomison trying to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Wilson has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Thomison to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Wilson is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Thomison pulls down on the head and he's put Wilson to sleep! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Josh Thomison!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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