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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mister Gloves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenny Thorn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Thorn's choice of entrance music: Sarga House. Kenny Thorn has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Mister Gloves's chin.
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170 lbs
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185 lbs
5 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mister Gloves!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kenny Thorn!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Hirohito Nitta and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gloves rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Thorn moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A punch combination from Gloves misses.
Gloves really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Gloves with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Gloves throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gloves throws a right hand that Thorn ducks under and follows up with a left that Thorn also avoids with ease.
Thorn steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gloves.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gloves throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gloves swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gloves misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thorn looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Gloves!
Thorn working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Thorn is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Gloves is surviving well by controlling Thorn's body position as best he can.
Thorn moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Gloves has worked his arm free - good work by Gloves!
Thorn is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Gloves knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thorn looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Thorn looks gassed!
Thorn wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Gloves, who protects the arm well.
Thorn swings around for an armbar but Gloves sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Thorn's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thorn looking for a guillotine here but Gloves defends easily.
Gloves is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Gloves wants to stand but Thorn has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Thorn looking for a sweep. Not yet Thorn, not yet.
Thorn is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Gloves is aware though and is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Thorn has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Gloves is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Thorn.
Gloves stands up and beckons Thorn to his feet.
Gloves looks to score with a jab to the body but Thorn is just out of range.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gloves scores with a one two! Thorn had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Thorn dodges the punch combination from Gloves.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mister Gloves dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Gloves throws a right and a left that Thorn avoids nicely.
Thorn slips a jab and a cross from Gloves.
Gloves throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gloves misses with a wild body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gloves misses with a series of wild punches.
Gloves swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gloves throws a right and a left that both miss.
Thorn fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Mister Gloves is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gloves fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gloves misses with a double jab.
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.
Gloves throws a shot from downtown. Thorn moves away and avoids it.
Gloves lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Thorn circles away quickly and effectively.
Gloves misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gloves takes a swing at Thorn's ribcage but misses.
Gloves throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Thorn.
No joy there for Gloves, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Thorn drives through with a takedown into guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thorn is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Thorn drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Thorn seems to have locked his on tight now - Gloves screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Thorn, as he picks up the win!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Kenny Thorn!
Kenny Thorn is the new middleweight champion!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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