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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ash Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reece Edward Duenas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Duenas has chosen California Gurls as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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165 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ash Thomas!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Reece Edward Duenas!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Robert Douchet and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Thomas. Duenas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Duenas slips under a jab.
A punch lands to the side of Thomas 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Thomas throws a big shot that misses.
Duenas misses with a straight right.
Duenas shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Thomas is trying to defend but Duenas finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Duenas missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Duenas working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Duenas is trying to work for a kimura but Thomas is defending well.
Thomas is trying to control but can't.
Thomas on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Thomas tries to get out of the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas is looking for a sweep. Duenas is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Duenas passes to full mount!
A nice elbow there by Duenas.
Duenas thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Duenas has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Duenas lands a nice shot to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Thomas holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Duenas tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Duenas sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Duenas postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Thomas looks a forlorn figure.
Thomas takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duenas working for a submission but Thomas is keeping him at bay.
Duenas lands a big shot there that rocks Thomas but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Thomas avoids a series of strikes thrown by Duenas.
Duenas thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Poor strikes thrown by Duenas there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Thomas can't escape the position.
Duenas looking to finish Thomas with some ground and pound. This is bad for Thomas!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thomas can't escape the position.
Duenas punching from mount but Thomas doing a good job of avoiding damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Thomas that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Duenas fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Duenas landing strikes, looking to finish!
Duenas misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Duenas tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Duenas looking to finish with strikes here!
A nice elbow there by Duenas.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Duenas sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Thomas knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Duenas on the ground.
Duenas with shots to the head and body - Thomas looks very uncomfortable down there.
Duenas wants to control the pace but Thomas is squirming around nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Thomas wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Duenas.
Duenas landing strikes, looking to finish!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thomas manages to regain half guard whilst avoiding the strikes.
Duenas tries to pass to full mount but Thomas defends it.
Duenas controlling the pace.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Duenas throwing shots but Thomas is blocking nicely.
Duenas is looking to advance position but Thomas won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Reece Edward Duenas dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Duenas is defended easily by Thomas.
Duenas misses with a body shot.
Thomas throws a shot from downtown. Duenas moves away and avoids it.
Duenas uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Thomas.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duenas takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Good shot there by Thomas.
Thomas misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duenas fails to land the takedown.
Duenas throws a shot to the body.
Thomas throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Thomas loads up on a big right hand but Duenas slips the punch.
Duenas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Thomas slips under a jab.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Duenas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Thomas swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Thomas throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Duenas slips under a jab.
Thomas throws a body punch but Duenas moves out of range.
Thomas lunges at Duenas with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Duenas's hand.
Thomas throws a lazy right hand but Duenas sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Thomas throws a looping overhand right but Duenas ducks down to avoid it.
Duenas shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
A nice elbow there by Duenas.
Duenas unloads with some shots from mount but Thomas bucks and avoids them well.
Duenas with a couple of short strikes.
Thomas in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duenas thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Duenas jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Thomas manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Duenas is looking to take a break and control but Thomas is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Duenas advances nicely into full mount.
Duenas scoring with strikes but Thomas is staying in there.
Thomas tries to hold on but Duenas pushes him away.
Duenas scores with a couple of good head shots there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duenas landing strikes from the mount and Thomas is in trouble!
Duenas misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Reece Edward Duenas has got the better of the ground game so far.
Duenas tries to control but Thomas wriggling away.
Thomas is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Duenas scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Duenas misses with a head shot.
Thomas is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Duenas has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Thomas's face.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Duenas with the ground and pound from mount.
Thomas takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Duenas thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Reece Edward Duenas showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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.
Duenas throws a hook to the side of Thomas's head but Thomas sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Duenas throws a shot from downtown. Thomas moves away and avoids it.
Duenas feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Thomas keeping full guard, as Duenas tries to pass.
Duenas throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Thomas works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Duenas works over Thomas with some ground and pound from guard.
Duenas postures up.
Duenas slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Duenas tries to move into full mount but can't pass Thomas's legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duenas trying to control the action but Thomas is working from the bottom.
Thomas stops Duenas from passing to mount.
Duenas tries to advance to mount but Thomas instead regains half guard.
Duenas uses his free foot to push down on Thomas's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Thomas.
Thomas can't escape the position.
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.
Duenas scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Thomas?
Duenas swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Thomas is now in Duenas's guard. A big mistake from Duenas there, giving up the dominant position!
Duenas is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Duenas thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Thomas's head.
Thomas is controlling Duenas's trapped leg to prevent Duenas from advancing to side control.
Duenas looks to land a strike but Thomas avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duenas trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Duenas wants to stand but Thomas is controlling his posture from full guard.
Duenas tries to free his leg and advance position but Thomas is retaining full guard.
Duenas wants to control from the top but Thomas keeps moving.
Duenas pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Thomas is keeping the position for now.
Duenas postures up in Thomas's guard and throws a big left but Thomas blocks it.
Duenas pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Thomas is keeping the position for now.
Thomas keeping moving, preventing Duenas from controlling successfully.
That's four 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.
Duenas is pushing down on Thomas's leg trying to pass to half guard. Thomas is fighting to maintain full guard but Duenas has managed to sneak the leg through.
Duenas throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Thomas tries to get to full guard but Duenas has control of the leg.
Duenas wants to free his trapped foot but Thomas is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Duenas not landing any meaningful shots this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Reece Edward Duenas really dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Duenas works Thomas's body with a nice hook.
Thomas fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Thomas misses with a straight right.
Duenas lands a really nice looking cross but Thomas seems unphased.
Duenas misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting Thomas counter with a right hand.
Duenas looks to score with a jab to the body but Thomas is just out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A telegraphed right hand from Duenas misses the target.
Duenas uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Thomas.
Duenas lands a jab to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas just misses with a punch to the body.
Duenas throws a body punch but Thomas moves out of range.
Duenas throws a predictable looking body shot
and Thomas counters with a left to the body.
Duenas misses with a hook to the body
and Thomas counters with a left to the body.
Duenas throws a shot to the body.
Duenas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Duenas fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thomas manages to avoid it.
Duenas throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Thomas sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Duenas misses with an uppercut. Thomas saw that one coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas jabs at Duenas's body.
Duenas fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Thomas connects with a body shot.
Thomas pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Thomas tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Duenas was well out of range. Poor timing from Thomas.
Thomas connects with a body shot.
Thomas misses the jab.
Thomas misses with a hook. Duenas ducked under it nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duenas misses the body punch
and Thomas counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Thomas keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Duenas fails with a takedown attempt.
Ash Thomas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Reece Edward Duenas.
Duenas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Thomas leaves Duenas with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Ash Thomas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Duenas swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Thomas counters with a left to the body.
Thomas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Duenas.
Duenas has his takedown stuffed
and Thomas counters with a straight right hand.
Thomas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Duenas is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Thomas rather than just go for the knockout.
A swing and a miss from Thomas.
Duenas shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A shot to the body from Thomas misses
and Duenas counters with a stiff right hand.
Duenas throws a body punch but Thomas moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ash Thomas had his way with Reece Edward Duenas in that round.
That's time! Thomas's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Duenas looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Thomas is fending him off so far but Duenas persists. Nope, Thomas circles away and we're back to standing.
Thomas looks to throw the jab but Duenas is out of range.
Duenas blocks a jab.
Duenas throws a shot from downtown. Thomas moves away and avoids it.
Thomas just misses with a punch to the body.
A big left from Thomas misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duenas ducks under a wild hook from Thomas.
Duenas takes a jab right on the kisser.
Thomas tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Duenas was well out of range. Poor timing from Thomas.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duenas slips under a jab from Thomas.
Duenas lands a nice shot to the body.
Thomas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Thomas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Duenas.
Thomas misses with a hook. Duenas ducked under it nicely.
Duenas moves out of range as Thomas strikes.
Thomas lands with a straight right. Duenas didn't see that one coming.
Thomas swings for the body but Duenas moves out of range.
Thomas misses with an uppercut.
Ash Thomas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
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.
Nice defenses there by Thomas.
Duenas fails with a takedown attempt.
Duenas loads up on a big right hand but Thomas slips the punch.
Thomas looks to score with a jab to the body but Duenas is just out of range.
A big left from Thomas misses.
Duenas with a lazy takedown attempt
and Thomas counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Ash Thomas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Reece Edward Duenas.
Duenas fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Duenas counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Duenas fails with a takedown attempt.
Duenas will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Thomas slips a straight right by Duenas.
Thomas misses with a wild body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Duenas. Thomas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Thomas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ash Thomas is winning the standup battle so far.
That's four 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 misses with a looping left.
Thomas throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Duenas sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Reece Edward Duenas is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Thomas lands a glancing blow to the side of Duenas's head.
Duenas lands with a shot to the body.
Duenas misses the body punch
and Thomas makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Thomas misses with an uppercut.
Duenas tries to clinch but Thomas moves away
and Thomas counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Duenas changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Duenas tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thomas was well out of range. Poor timing from Duenas.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ash Thomas showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Duenas has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 46:48
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 46:48
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 46:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Reece Edward Duenas!
Reece Edward Duenas is the new lightweight champion!
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