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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Job Thunder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vincent The Vandal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying The Vandal's choice of entrance music: Astral Projection - Kabalah. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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176 lbs
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188 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart |
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BJJ White Belt
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Job Thunder!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Vincent The Vandal!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, William Gold and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Vandal throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Thunder tries to close the distance and clinch but The Vandal swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Thunder gets the takedown into side control.
The Vandal takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Thunder has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The Vandal is looking to reverse the position.
The Vandal sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Thunder is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and The Vandal defends it well.
Thunder is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
The Vandal is looking to improve his position.
Thunder will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Thunder tries to stand but his hand is stuck under The Vandal.
Thunder prevents The Vandal from improving his position.
Thunder working The Vandal over with strikes.
Thunder missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thunder prevents The Vandal from standing back up.
The Vandal manages to get to full guard.
Thunder scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The Vandal wants to improve his position but instead Thunder has moved into half guard.
The Vandal tries to roll over but Thunder keeps him under control.
Thunder really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
The Vandal flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
The Vandal wants to control but Thunder is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The Vandal wants to sweep but Thunder has passed to side control!
Thunder wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by The Vandal, who protects the arm well.
Thunder is breathing heavily.
Thunder wants to control but The Vandal is keeping him busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
The Vandal can't do much from the bottom here.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
The Vandal sets himself and throws a head kick that knocks Thunder to the ground! The Vandal dives into full mount looking to finish!
Thunder is rocked!
Thunder is desperately trying to improve his position but The Vandal has a good base and remains in mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The Vandal is landing with some decent strikes but Thunder is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The Vandal really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Thunder. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
A nice elbow there by The Vandal.
The referee warns Thunder that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Thunder is working to get back to half guard.
The Vandal looking to finish Thunder with some ground and pound. This is bad for Thunder!
The Vandal is landing with some decent strikes but Thunder is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
The Vandal unloading with bombs!
The Vandal postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Thunder looks a forlorn figure.
Oh Thunder is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The Vandal landing punches.
Thunder tries to hold on but The Vandal postures up.
The Vandal prevents Thunder from getting the reversal.
Thunder seems to have got his legs back now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thunder manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Thunder keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Thunder wants to get back to his feet.
Thunder punching from the bottom.
Thunder won't allow The Vandal to pass to mount.
Thunder gets back to full guard.
The Vandal postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Thunder wants to control but The Vandal passes easily into half guard.
Thunder slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Thunder trying to control the position.
Thunder is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thunder wants to lay and pray for a moment but The Vandal keeps working.
The Vandal wants to improve his position but Thunder is controlling well.
The Vandal regains full guard. Nicely done.
Thunder trying to control the position from guard on top but The Vandal is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Thunder looking to pass the guard.
The Vandal looking for a sweep. Not yet The Vandal, not yet.
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.
Thunder shoots in for a takedown but The Vandal shows good takedown defense.
Thunder shoots in looking for a takedown. The Vandal tries to sprawl out of it but Thunder keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. The Vandal manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
The Vandal closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vincent The Vandal dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
A head kick misses from The Vandal.
Thunder darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Thunder is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for The Vandal!
The Vandal in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
A nice elbow there by Thunder.
The Vandal is rocked!
Thunder looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Thunder working for a submission but The Vandal is keeping him at bay.
Thunder cracks The Vandal with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Vandal is trying desperately to improve position.
Thunder can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as The Vandal is looking to escape.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if The Vandal can do anything to dispel that myth.
The Vandal is looking to improve his position but Thunder isn't that keen on the idea.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Vandal is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The Vandal is breathing heavily.
Thunder landing strikes from the mount and The Vandal is in trouble!
The Vandal is trying desperately to improve position.
Thunder sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Thunder looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The Vandal tries to reverse the position but Thunder maintains control.
Thunder lands with some strikes.
The Vandal throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Thunder tries to control but The Vandal wriggling away.
Thunder controlling from mount.
Thunder raining down shots from the mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Vandal is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
A nice elbow there by Thunder.
Thunder working The Vandal over with strikes here.
Thunder lands with some strikes.
Job Thunder overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Thunder working The Vandal over with strikes here.
The Vandal wants to hold on but Thunder pushes him away.
The Vandal really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Poor strikes thrown by Thunder there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
The Vandal working to try and regain half guard.
The Vandal in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The Vandal is still in real trouble! Can Thunder finish him?
Thunder working the ground and pound effectively.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Vandal is trying desperately to improve position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Vandal throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
The Vandal seems to have recovered his senses.
The Vandal working to try and regain half guard.
Thunder takes The Vandal's back, avoiding a couple of desperation strikes from the bottom.
Can The Vandal hold on?! Thunder is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Thunder here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Thunder has the hooks in. The Vandal is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Thunder looking to hold on to the position here but The Vandal rolls and ends up regaining guard.
Thunder preventing the sweep.
Thunder pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. The Vandal is keeping the position for now.
Thunder landing some decent shots from guard.
Thunder preventing the sweep.
Thunder decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Thunder misses with a takedown attempt - The Vandal sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Vandal throws a head kick that misses.
Thunder shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts The Vandal as he jumps to the side.
The Vandal throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Thunder.
The Vandal throws a series of punches but Thunder avoids them all with ease.
The Vandal tries to clinch up.
Thunder misses with a takedown attempt - The Vandal sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Job Thunder. That's going to take a lot out of him.
No joy there for The Vandal, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Thunder looks to land a right hand but The Vandal moved out of range.
The Vandal throws a right and a left that Thunder avoids nicely.
Thunder throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around The Vandal's waist but The Vandal gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Thunder off to one side.
A slapping leg kick lands for The Vandal.
The Vandal throws a head kick but Thunder moves out of range.
Thunder tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The Vandal throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Thunder is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by The Vandal.
Thunder shoots in for a takedown but The Vandal shows good takedown defense.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Thunder closes the distance and clinches up with The Vandal, looking for a takedown. Thunder pushes The Vandal against the cage but The Vandal circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
The Vandal lands a big head kick that sends Thunder to the canvas! The Vandal follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vincent The Vandal!
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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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