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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Freddy Wilder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Thorn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thorn is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: AC/DC - TNT. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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194 lbs
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202 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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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
9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Freddy Wilder!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Thorn!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wilder misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Thorn.
Nice sprawl there from Wilder as Thorn shoots in.
Thorn staying out of range there.
Thorn steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wilder.
Wilder moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A swing and a miss from Wilder.
Thorn moves out of range of the strikes.
Thorn closes the distance and clinches up with Wilder, looking for a takedown. Thorn pushes Wilder against the cage but Wilder circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from Wilder misses the target.
Thorn lands a slapping body shot.
Thorn throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Thorn lands the left hand.
Wilder swings away with a body shot that misses
and Thorn cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Thorn keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thorn misses with a looping left.
Nice defenses there by Thorn.
Thorn misses with a hook.
Thorn throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Wilder sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Wilder misses with a looping right.
Wilder throws a jab but it's blocked by Thorn.
Wilder throws a wild body kick that Thorn sees coming a mile off.
Thorn ducks under a wild hook from Wilder.
Thorn swinging wilding here.
Wilder defending well as Thorn loads up on a big left hand.
Wilder swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
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.
Wilder throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Thorn throws a hook but Wilder blocks it.
Wilder keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Thorn.
Wilder misses the body punch
and Thorn counters with a straight right hand.
Thorn moves out of range as Wilder strikes.
Wilder misses with a hook to the body
and Wilder takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wilder staying out of range there.
Wilder ducks under a wild hook from Thorn.
Freddy Wilder is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jab, jab by Thorn - just one landing.
Wilder throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Thorn takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Wilder throws a sloppy body shot
and Thorn counters with a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilder throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Wilder takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wilder. Thorn does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wilder is breathing heavily.
Wilder throws a body punch but Thorn moves out of range.
Thorn misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Freddy Wilder has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Thorn.
Wilder walks into a stiff left hand from Thorn.
Wilder misses with a shot to the body
and Thorn counters with a series of strikes. Wilder will be more careful next time no doubt.
Thorn defending well as Wilder loads up on a big left hand.
Thorn darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thorn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wilder moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wilder swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wilder misses with a shot to the body
and Thorn counters with a takedown into side control.
Wilder tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Thorn wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Thorn grinds an elbow into Wilder's temple.
Thorn is looking to take a break and control but Wilder is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Thorn is chipping away with strikes.
Wilder sneaks back into half guard.
Wilder looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Thorn looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Thorn dominated that 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.
Thorn fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Wilder on the side of the head.
Thorn connects with the punch.
Wilder thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wilder misses with a shot to the body
and Thorn counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Wilder has a hand on Thorn's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Thorn takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Wilder keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Thorn lands with some strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thorn tries to control but Wilder wriggling away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Thorn prevents Wilder from getting the reversal.
Thorn has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilder is squirming around, avoiding Thorn's attempts to control the action.
Thorn punishing his opponent with strikes.
Thorn lands a heavy elbow.
Thorn landing punches.
Wilder keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Thorn lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Wilder really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thorn tries to control but Wilder wriggling away.
Thorn dominating with strikes here.
Thorn has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Wilder can't escape the position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Thorn cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Thorn scoring with strikes but Wilder is staying in there.
Thorn unloading with bombs!
Thorn lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Wilder hang on?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice elbow there by Thorn.
Wilder really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Thorn tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thorn is landing with some decent strikes but Wilder is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Wilder is looking to improve his position but Thorn isn't that keen on the idea.
Wilder is working hard here to advance position.
Wilder is squirming around, avoiding Thorn's attempts to control the action.
Thorn takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
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.
Wilder taking shots to the head.
Thorn landing strikes from the mount and Wilder is in trouble!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Thorn lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Thorn in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Wilder is looking to improve his position but Thorn isn't that keen on the idea.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wilder taking shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Thorn showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Thorn closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Thorn staying calm.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Thorn landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Wilder takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Wilder tries to improve position but can't.
Thorn working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Wilder manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Mike Thorn has got the better of the ground game so far.
Wilder looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Thorn seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Thorn lands a nice short elbow.
Thorn works his way into side control.
Wilder tries to improve position but can't.
Thorn works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Wilder manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Wilder is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Wilder is looking for a kimura but Thorn is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Wilder to get the leverage.
Wilder is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Thorn keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilder wants to work for an arm triangle but Thorn is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Wilder is looking for submissions but instead, Thorn has regained full guard.
Thorn managing to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilder has gone for a leg lock! Thorn slips out almost immediately though and dives into Wilder's guard.
Wilder throws his legs up looking for a submission but Thorn uses it to pass to side control.
Thorn works to advance to full mount. Wilder defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Wilder is in a horrible position here. Thorn smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Wilder really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Mike Thorn is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thorn controlling his opponent.
Thorn prevents Wilder from getting the reversal.
Thorn is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Wilder can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Thorn controlling the pace for now.
Thorn scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Wilder?
Freddy Wilder has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Thorn controlling the pace for now.
Wilder throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Thorn comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Thorn has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 26:30
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 26:30
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Thorn!
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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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