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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Bowness (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Parker John (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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153 lbs
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151 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Thomas Bowness!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Parker John!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Steve Smith and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bowness shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Bowness performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Ground and pound from Bowness.
Bowness frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Bowness breaks from John's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Bowness has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of John's face.
Bowness is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but John is surviving well by controlling Bowness's body position as best he can.
John throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
John can't escape the position.
Bowness punishing his opponent with strikes.
John is working to get back to half guard.
Bowness avoids the attempt from John to control.
Bowness prevents John from getting the reversal.
Bowness controlling his opponent.
Bowness working John over with strikes here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
John is looking to improve his position but Bowness isn't that keen on the idea.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
John is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
John keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Bowness pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
John is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
John is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Bowness avoids the attempt from John to control.
Bowness lands a big elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bowness landing strikes from the mount.
Bowness working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Bowness controlling from mount.
John really wants to buck Bowness off and get back to his feet.
John looks gassed!
Bowness landing punches.
Bowness working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Bowness controlling from the full mount.
Bowness has control of John's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and John regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Bowness landing shots from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bowness landing punches.
John wants to hold on but Bowness pushes him away.
Bowness raining down shots from the mount!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bowness controlling from mount.
Bowness's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
John is bucking up trying to escape but Bowness cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thomas Bowness dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
John throws a body punch but Bowness moves out of range.
Bowness shoots in for a double leg but John sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Parker John seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
John connects with the punch.
John tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bowness paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bowness shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Thomas Bowness overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bowness 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.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
John keeping full guard, as Bowness tries to pass.
Bowness wants to control from the top but John keeps moving.
Bowness avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
John is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
John is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bowness looking to pass the guard.
John doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Bowness is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Bowness works over John with some ground and pound from guard.
Bowness lands a couple of elbows.
John keeping full guard, as Bowness tries to pass.
Bowness controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Bowness passes John's left leg - he's now in half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bowness landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Bowness working the head and body with strikes.
Bowness takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
John tries to get to full guard but Bowness has control of the leg.
Well, if Bowness is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Nice strikes from Bowness there.
Bowness controlling the pace.
John on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Bowness.
John taking some punishment here, with Bowness in his half guard.
Bowness is trying to work for a kimura but John is defending well.
Bowness takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Bowness wants to take a breather but John is having none of it.
Bowness works his foot free and advances to mount.
Bowness blocks John's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
John slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Bowness scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bowness controlling the pace.
Bowness seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Bowness works his way into side control.
Bowness is putting a hurting on John here, landing some big shots from side control.
Bowness working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Bowness is staying tight to John's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Bowness is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. John is trying to escape and Bowness transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and John is forced to tap! Nice work there by Bowness! Very nice indeed!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Thomas Bowness!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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