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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jake Kusco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Kusco might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Not Afraid. John Thomas has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jake Kusco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Thomas!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Alan Glass and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Kusco looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Kusco takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Thomas throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Kusco's waist but Kusco gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Thomas off to one side.
Thomas fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Thomas shoots for a takedown but Kusco saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
A good leg kick by Thomas.
Horrible takedown by Thomas or perhaps it was just good defense by Kusco which made him look bad.
Jake Kusco has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Thomas.
Thomas scoring well with a low kick there.
Thomas lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Thomas fails with a takedown attempt.
A chopping leg kick lands by Thomas.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thomas thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Kusco if he has to take too many more of those.
Thomas shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Kusco sprawls well. Kusco wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Thomas gets slowly back to his feet.
Thomas moves into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Thomas throws a right and a left that Kusco avoids nicely.
Thomas drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Kusco is working to avoid the ground and pound but Thomas connects with a decent elbow.
Thomas has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Thomas is chipping away with strikes.
Thomas tries to score with some ground and pound. Kusco controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Thomas working the head with strikes.
Thomas throws a strike aimed at the side of Kusco's head but Kusco avoids it well.
Thomas works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Thomas throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Kusco defending against the ground and pound.
Thomas connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Kusco some visible discomfort.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas cracks Kusco with a big elbow.
Thomas lands some shots froms side control.
Thomas scores with a couple of short elbows.
Kusco can't do much from the bottom here.
Kusco is trying to improve his position.
Check out the look on Thomas's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Thomas throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kusco tries to bench press Thomas off him but Thomas keeps the position.
The ground and pound from Thomas seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Thomas looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Kusco is fending him off so far but Thomas persists. Nope, Kusco circles away and we're back to standing.
Kusco showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Thomas.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas tries to close the distance and clinch but Kusco swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Thomas takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Thomas plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Kusco stuffs the takedown.
John Thomas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Kusco.
Thomas throws a right and a left that Kusco avoids nicely.
A big right from Kusco misses.
Thomas pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Thomas slips a jab and a cross from Kusco.
Thomas closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Kusco to the mat! Kusco manages to get full guard.
Kusco looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Kusco working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Thomas.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas preventing the sweep.
Thomas throws a big right hand that misses.
Kusco knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Thomas on the ground.
Kusco keeping moving, preventing Thomas from controlling successfully.
Kusco pulls Thomas in close to his closed guard and prevents Thomas from doing any damage or advancing position.
Thomas postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Thomas lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Thomas swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Kusco counters with a straight right hand.
Thomas takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Thomas dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Kusco avoids the body shot from Thomas.
Kusco keeps the fight on the outside.
Thomas defending well as Kusco loads up on a big left hand.
Thomas connects with a solid leg kick.
Thomas throws a one two combo.
Thomas explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Thomas gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Kusco cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kusco takes a kick to the side of the head.
Thomas moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Thomas avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Thomas is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Kusco's half guard.
Thomas throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kusco wants to improve his position but Thomas is controlling well.
Kusco is staying active underneath Thomas, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Kusco is trying to control but can't.
Thomas looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Thomas sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Kusco defending well though.
Kusco is positioning himself well to prevent Thomas advancing to mount.
Kusco is trying to stand up here but Thomas is controlling him well.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Thomas ducks right into an uppercut from Kusco.
Jake Kusco is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice shot by Thomas.
Kusco tries to move into range but Thomas moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Kusco lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Thomas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Thomas delivers a nice body kick.
Thomas fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Thomas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kusco paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jake Kusco is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kusco takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Thomas avoids a punch combination nicely.
Thomas closes this distance looking for a takedown but Kusco circles away.
Jake Kusco has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Thomas.
Thomas looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Thomas lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Thomas with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Thomas chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kusco throws a series of punches but Thomas avoids them all with ease.
Thomas looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Kusco is fending him off so far but Thomas persists. Nope, Kusco circles away and we're back to standing.
Kusco fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Thomas falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kusco counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kusco is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Thomas misses with the combination.
Thomas fails with the takedown
letting Kusco counter with a right hand.
John Thomas seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kusco misses with a two punch combination.
Thomas throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kusco counters with a series of strikes. Thomas will be more careful next time no doubt.
Kusco throws a hook to the side of Thomas's head but Thomas sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kusco lands a jab-cross combination.
Kusco fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Thomas shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas is thwarting Kusco's attempts to control the position.
Kusco wants to get back to full guard.
Thomas thows a huge punch but Kusco dodges it nicely.
Kusco is staying active underneath Thomas, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Kusco keeping control of the position.
Thomas thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Kusco's head.
Thomas missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Thomas showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Thomas throws a combination. Kusco tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Thomas throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Kusco is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Good leg kick by Thomas there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Thomas with a poor takedown
and Kusco counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Thomas shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Thomas wants to control from the top but Kusco keeps moving.
Kusco wants to sweep but no luck.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Kusco holds on and takes a little breather.
Thomas trying to control but Kusco is working from the bottom.
Kusco on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Kusco tries to get out of the position.
Thomas landing with the ground and pound.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kusco works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Kusco is pulling down on Thomas's head. It's preventing any offense from Thomas, at least for the moment.
Kusco keeping moving, preventing Thomas from controlling successfully.
Thomas passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Thomas working away.
Kusco tries to improve position but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Kusco takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Kusco is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Thomas has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Thomas decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Thomas misses with a two punch combination.
Kusco keeps the fight on the outside.
Kusco looks to land a combination. Thomas sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Thomas fails to land the takedown.
Kusco will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Thomas throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kusco counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Thomas with a poor takedown
and Kusco counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Jake Kusco has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Thomas.
Thomas avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A punch combination from Kusco misses.
Kusco pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas misses with a combination
and Kusco counters with a left to the body.
Some wild striking there from Thomas.
Kusco throws a nice looking combination but Thomas bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Thomas looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Thomas takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Nice takedown defense from Kusco. No joy for Thomas on that attempt.
Thomas keeps Kusco at a distance using the push kick.
Kusco throws a series of strikes that have Thomas backpedaling.
Thomas lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kusco throws a series of punches but Thomas avoids them all with ease.
Thomas uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kusco.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Thomas connects with a solid leg kick.
Kusco misses with a hook. Thomas ducked under it nicely.
Thomas shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Kusco counters with a shoot takedown. Thomas fights it but they end up in guard.
Thomas is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Thomas is working an open guard so Kusco takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
A telegraphed right hand from Kusco misses the target.
Thomas will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jake Kusco has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
John Thomas is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Thomas fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jake Kusco.
Well Thomas 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Thomas!
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