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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chris Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and DJ tiongson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). tiongson has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. This should be fireworks!
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182 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
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179 cm
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170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Chris Thomas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, DJ tiongson!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Glass and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
tiongson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Thomas has tiongson up against the cage in a clinch.
Thomas lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Thomas seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Thomas drops an elbow to the side of tiongson's head.
tiongson looks gassed!
tiongson wants to get back to full guard.
Thomas thows a huge punch but tiongson dodges it nicely.
Thomas 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.
tiongson taking some punishment here, with Thomas in his half guard.
tiongson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Thomas.
tiongson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Thomas.
Thomas escapes and gets back to his feet.
Thomas has closed the distance and engaged tiongson in a clinch.
Thomas working tiongson over with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thomas utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
tiongson takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like DJ tiongson has been cut.
Thomas misses with a knee to the head.
Thomas throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but tiongson blocks it with crossed arms.
Thomas breaks from the clinch.
Thomas rushes tiongson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, tiongson regains guard.
Thomas scoring with some ground and pound.
tiongson can't keep his opponent in guard - Thomas advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Thomas lands a nice short elbow.
Thomas winds up and cracks tiongson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Thomas looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
tiongson trying to control from the bottom.
Thomas missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Thomas 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.
Thomas not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Nice strikes from Thomas there.
Ground and pound from Thomas.
Thomas is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas winds up and cracks tiongson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Thomas thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed tiongson's head.
Thomas is nestled in close to tiongson, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thomas drops an elbow to the side of tiongson's head.
Ground and pound from Thomas.
Thomas landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Thomas is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Thomas lands a nice short elbow.
Thomas thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed tiongson's head.
Thomas is trying to control the action in half guard but tiongson is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Thomas seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Thomas stands up from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas has closed the distance and engaged tiongson in a clinch.
tiongson takes a shot to the head.
Thomas misses with a knee strike.
Thomas dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Thomas lands with a light punch inside.
Thomas connects with a knee to the head.
Thomas lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Thomas lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Thomas putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has tiongson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Thomas tries to land a knee to the head but tiongson blocks with his arms.
Thomas throws a knee to the head but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Thomas.
tiongson tries to pull guard but Thomas won't allow it.
Thomas is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. tiongson can't fight it off and eventually Thomas manages to take the fight to the floor. tiongson looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Thomas thows a big elbow that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
tiongson is trying to keep Thomas in close.
Thomas not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
tiongson has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Thomas has passed into side control.
Thomas in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
tiongson taking a bit of punishment here - Thomas scoring with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Thomas cracks tiongson with an elbow. That is naaassty.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
tiongson is trying to escape the position but Thomas is controlling the position.
Thomas is working tiongson over with some ground and pound from side control.
A lull in the action here as Thomas stalls from top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chris Thomas dominated that round.
The cut man is working on DJ tiongson's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Thomas closes the distance and pushes tiongson back into the cage.
Thomas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Chris Thomas is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
tiongson tries to keep at a distance but Thomas has taken the fight into the clinch.
Thomas is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that tiongson can do to turn this around?
tiongson stalling in the clinch but Thomas improves position.
Thomas tries a knee to the head but tiongson blocks it.
Thomas misses with a knee strike.
Thomas has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but tiongson regains guard immediately.
tiongson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Thomas. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Thomas cracks tiongson with a solid left hand.
Thomas working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Thomas keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of tiongson's head.
Chris Thomas overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Thomas works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Thomas working tiongson over with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas is nestled in close to tiongson, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Thomas decides to stand and escape the position.
tiongson gets tackled into the cage by Thomas. Thomas maintains the clinch.
Thomas pushes tiongson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Thomas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Thomas displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from tiongson.
Thomas moves into range and clinches up with tiongson.
Thomas lands a right hand.
Thomas lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Thomas unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Thomas tries a knee to the head but tiongson blocks it.
Thomas's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
tiongson closes the distance and clinches up with Thomas, looking for a takedown. tiongson pushes Thomas against the cage but Thomas circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Thomas instigates a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Thomas.
Thomas landing knees to the body.
Thomas lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Thomas prevents a body shot from tiongson.
Thomas misses with a knee strike.
tiongson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Thomas using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Thomas throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but tiongson blocks it with crossed arms.
tiongson tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Chris Thomas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of DJ tiongson.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
tiongson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Thomas with a knee to the head.
Thomas tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
tiongson tries to pull guard but Thomas won't allow it.
tiongson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Thomas tries to land a knee to the head but tiongson blocks with his arms.
tiongson can't break the clinch.
Thomas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Thomas rushes tiongson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas tries a knee to the head but tiongson blocks it.
Thomas tries to land a knee to the head but tiongson blocks with his arms.
tiongson trying to land knees to the body.
Thomas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Thomas has managed to clinch.
tiongson dodges an elbow strike from Thomas.
tiongson prevents the takedown attempt.
tiongson taking a breather.
Thomas turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Thomas manages to end up in side control.
Thomas cracks tiongson with a big elbow.
Thomas scores with a couple of short elbows.
Thomas working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
tiongson avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Thomas.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
tiongson taking punishment in the form of punches.
Thomas connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused tiongson some visible discomfort.
Thomas is looking to take a break and control but tiongson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Thomas is chipping away with strikes.
Thomas has worked his way into a potential kimura here. tiongson is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Thomas yanks on the arm and tiongson is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Thomas.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Chris 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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RATING
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