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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marius Budawalski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Budawalski comes to the cage accompanied by Terminator Theme. Thomas has chosen Devil went down to Georgia as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marius Budawalski!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Thomas!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Steve Montenegro and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Budawalski takes one to the side of the head.
Thomas fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Budawalski looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Budawalski throws out a loose jab but Thomas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thomas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Budawalski drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Budawalski throws a looping overhand right but Thomas ducks down to avoid it.
Thomas lands with a kick to the temple. Budawalski shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Budawalski keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Thomas.
Thomas throws a nice looking combination but Budawalski bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Thomas scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Budawalski blocks a jab.
Nice uppercut lands for Budawalski. That snapped Thomas's head back.
It looks like John Thomas has been cut.
Thomas scores with a jab to the jaw.
Thomas with a hook.
Thomas tries to bum rush Budawalski with a series of wild strikes but Budawalski uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Budawalski connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Thomas's hands.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A big right from Budawalski misses.
Budawalski throws an overhand right that lands on Thomas's shoulder, as Thomas tries to avoid the shot.
Thomas defending well as Budawalski loads up on a big left hand.
A jab lands there for Thomas.
Thomas throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Thomas fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Thomas lands a head shot.
Thomas lands a jab-cross combination.
Thomas keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Budawalski misses with a straight left.
Thomas throws out a powerful jab.
Thomas throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Budawalski stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Budawalski throws a looping overhand right but Thomas ducks down to avoid it.
Thomas tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Budawalski was well out of range. Poor timing from Thomas.
Thomas dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Thomas looks to land a right hand but Budawalski moved out of range.
Budawalski just misses with a punch to the body.
Budawalski throws a series of punches but Thomas avoids them all with ease.
John Thomas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Budawalski misses with a takedown attempt - Thomas sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Thomas uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A cross from Thomas lands.
Thomas stalks Budawalski and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Budawalski's face. Budawalski staggers backwards, shaken.
Budawalski shoots in and drives through. Thomas sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marius Budawalski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Budawalski is breathing heavily.
A jab from Budawalski misses.
Thomas works Budawalski's body with a nice hook.
Thomas lands with a straight right. Budawalski didn't see that one coming.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Budawalski has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Budawalski there as he acknowledges the shot.
Thomas throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Budawalski throws an overhand right that lands on Thomas's shoulder, as Thomas tries to avoid the shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas lands a head kick!
Thomas works the jab nicely.
John Thomas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A head kick misses from Thomas.
Budawalski misses with a straight right.
Budawalski throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Thomas lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Nice uppercut lands for Thomas. That snapped Budawalski's head back.
Thomas scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Thomas works the jab nicely.
Budawalski takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Thomas looks to land a combination but Budawalski avoids it well.
Budawalski moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Thomas lands with a hook. Budawalski tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Thomas scores with a hook.
Thomas lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Budawalski circles away quickly and effectively.
Thomas jabs Budawalski right on the nose. Budawalski blinks but takes it well.
Thomas ducks under a wild hook from Budawalski.
Thomas works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Thomas uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Thomas lands a jab to the nose.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas misses with a two punch combination.
Budawalski takes one on the button.
Thomas displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Budawalski throws out the jab.
Budawalski slips a jab and a cross from Thomas.
Thomas takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Nice defenses there by Thomas.
Budawalski throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Thomas lands a nice looking body shot.
Budawalski swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Budawalski looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Budawalski showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Thomas.
Budawalski is looking to clinch but Thomas is avoiding it.
Thomas keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Thomas blocks a jab.
Thomas misses with a combination
and Budawalski counters with a left to the body.
Budawalski gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Thomas moves away from the strike by Budawalski.
Thomas lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Thomas lands a nice looking body shot.
Thomas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Budawalski dodges the punch combination from Thomas.
A big right from Budawalski misses.
Budawalski waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Thomas.
Budawalski is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Budawalski slips a jab and a cross from Thomas.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Budawalski is defended easily by Thomas.
Thomas is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Budawalski had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
A head kick misses from Thomas.
Nice shot lands for Thomas.
Thomas with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Budawalski takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice defenses there by Thomas.
Thomas works over Budawalski's head and body with a nice combination.
Budawalski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Budawalski's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Budawalski duly obliges.
Budawalski closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Thomas dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Thomas's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Thomas connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Budawalski's hands.
Thomas scores with a shot to the body.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Budawalski might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Thomas throws a series of punches but Budawalski avoids them all with ease.
Thomas lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Budawalski throws out a loose jab but Thomas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thomas lands with a hook. Budawalski tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
John Thomas is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Thomas steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Budawalski.
Thomas lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Budawalski on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Thomas looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Thomas has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Budawalski on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thomas swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Budawalski tries to clinch up.
Thomas uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Budawalski has time to react.
Thomas ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Budawalski moves away.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Budawalski. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Thomas misses with a double jab
enabling Budawalski to counter with a crisp jab.
Thomas is rocked!
That has opened up John Thomas's cut even more.
Thomas swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Budawalski.
Thomas is still on wobbly legs! Can Budawalski finish him?
Thomas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Budawalski.
Thomas seems to have recovered his senses.
Thomas throws a right and a left that Budawalski avoids nicely.
Budawalski cracks Thomas with a right hand to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Budawalski misses the jab.
Thomas connects with a nice looking jab.
Thomas misses the jab.
Budawalski throws a jab but it's blocked by Thomas.
Budawalski needs to keep his hands up - Thomas had a free shot at his head there.
Budawalski cracks Thomas with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Budawalski staying out of range there.
Budawalski misses with a body shot.
Thomas works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Thomas throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Budawalski stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Budawalski looks to throw the jab but Thomas is out of range.
Thomas lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Thomas tests Budawalski's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Budawalski looks to land a left hand but Thomas moved out of range nicely.
John Thomas seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A big left from Budawalski misses.
Budawalski with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Thomas to score with a decent uppercut.
A combination from Thomas does no damage.
Budawalski misses with a looping left.
Thomas throws a series of punches but Budawalski avoids them all with ease.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Budawalski throws a right and a left that Thomas avoids nicely.
Budawalski misses with a hook. Thomas ducked under it nicely.
Thomas listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Thomas throws a left and a right that both miss
and Budawalski counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Budawalski misses with an uppercut. Thomas saw that one coming.
Thomas scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Thomas pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Thomas swats away the attempt to clinch by Budawalski.
Thomas avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice defenses there by Thomas.
Thomas lands with an uppercut that bounces Budawalski off the cage and back into rage.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Thomas. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Left hook, right uppercut from Thomas.
Thomas lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Budawalski avoids the head kick by Thomas.
A slow jab from Budawalski misses its intended target.
Thomas throws a hook to the side of Budawalski's head but Budawalski sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Budawalski misses with a straight left.
Thomas scores with a three punch combo!
Budawalski throws a jab but it's blocked by Thomas.
Thomas throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Budawalski.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Budawalski walks into a stiff left hand from Thomas.
Budawalski throws a hook to the side of Thomas's head but Thomas sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Thomas throws a series of punches but Budawalski avoids them all with ease.
Budawalski walks into a stiff left hand from Thomas.
Thomas connects with a crisp jab.
Thomas drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
The cut above John Thomas's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
A big right from Thomas misses.
A left and a right from Thomas both land. Nice combination.
Thomas will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Budawalski jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Thomas scores with a crisp jab that stopped Budawalski in his tracks.
Budawalski slips a jab and a cross from Thomas.
Budawalski on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Thomas moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Thomas misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Thomas is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Thomas drops his hands momentarily and Budawalski takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Decent striking displayed by Thomas there.
Thomas lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Thomas throws a lazy right hand but Budawalski sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Budawalski lands with a straight right. Thomas didn't see that one coming.
John Thomas's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Budawalski takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Budawalski throws a right and a left that both miss.
Thomas misses with a looping left.
Thomas takes a swing at Budawalski's ribcage but misses.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Budawalski.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Budawalski ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Thomas moves away.
Thomas misses with the combination.
Thomas throws a shot from downtown. Budawalski moves away and avoids it.
Thomas throws a sloppy head kick and Budawalski moves out of range easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Budawalski gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Thomas.
Budawalski throws a hook but Thomas blocks it.
Budawalski avoids a punch combination nicely.
Budawalski lands a hook that stumbles Thomas back into the cage. Budawalski follows up with a straight and another hook that land right on the button, dropping Thomas to the canvas! Budawalski pounces and lands several unanswered shots - Thomas has had enough and taps out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Marius Budawalski!
Marius Budawalski retains his light heavyweight title!
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