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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sarge Dela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dela comes to the cage accompanied by BLUNT- The Iron Maiden. The crowd seem to be enjoying Thomas's choice of entrance music: Devil went down to Georgia. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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10 - 8 - 0 |
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188 cm
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194 lbs
8 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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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
10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sarge Dela!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Thomas!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Steve Montenegro and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas slips a jab and a cross from Dela.
Dela lands a nice hook to Thomas's body. Thomas takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Thomas bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dela scores with a nice head shot.
Thomas moves away from the strike by Dela.
Dela goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Dela blocks a jab.
Dela misses with a wild body shot.
Thomas misses the jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dela. Thomas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dela looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Thomas is fending him off so far but Dela persists. Nope, Thomas circles away and we're back to standing.
Thomas avoids the body shot from Dela.
Dela fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dela tried to score with a low kick but Thomas checks it.
Dela looks to score with a jab to the body but Thomas is just out of range.
Thomas showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dela.
Dela uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Thomas.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Thomas misses its intended target.
Thomas slips under a jab from Dela.
Dela throws a looping overhand right but Thomas ducks down to avoid it.
Thomas looks to land a left hand but Dela moved out of range nicely.
Dela jabs Thomas right on the nose. Thomas blinks but takes it well.
A right-left combo lands from Dela.
Dela swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Thomas uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dela.
Dela throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Thomas on the side of the head.
Thomas blocks a jab.
Dela moves away from the strike by Thomas.
Thomas moves away from the strike by Dela.
Dela digs a good hook to Thomas's body.
Thomas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
John Thomas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas wants to clinch.
Dela throws a hook but Thomas blocks it.
Thomas avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dela lands a nice shot to the body.
Sarge Dela seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thomas looks to land a right hand but Dela moved out of range.
Thomas moves in looking to clinch but Dela pushes him off.
Thomas is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Dela.
Dela connects with a looping right hand.
A punch combination from Dela misses.
Thomas lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Dela fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Thomas sprawls well initially but Dela persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dela thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Dela missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas is looking to control Dela's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Thomas avoid being mounted?
Thomas moves into full guard.
Thomas looking for a guillotine here but Dela defends easily.
Dela working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Dela is looking to work some ground and pound but Thomas has wrist control.
Dela chips away with some ground and pound.
Thomas working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dela.
Dela throwing strikes from guard but Thomas blocks nicely.
Thomas throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Thomas utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Dela postures up and lands a big shot to Thomas's brow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dela in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Thomas controls Dela momentarily but Dela frees himself.
Thomas pushes a forearm under Dela's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Dela is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). John Thomas!
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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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