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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lincoln Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hjalmar Klason (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Thomas might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Pulse of the Maggots. Klason has chosen (Hed) Pe - Raise Hell as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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216 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lincoln Thomas!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hjalmar Klason!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Illya Tyunina and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Klason connects with a good right hand that stumbles Thomas. Thomas circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Thomas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Klason throws a right hand that Thomas ducks under and follows up with a left that Thomas also avoids with ease.
A telegraphed right hand from Thomas misses the target.
Thomas needs to keep his hands up - Klason had a free shot at his head there.
Thomas misses the jab.
An inside leg kick lands from Klason.
The fight stays on the outside here - Thomas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Klason moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Klason scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Thomas takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Klason misses with a wild body shot.
Thomas comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Thomas's corner calls for a 1-2. Thomas obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Klason missing with a left hand there. Thomas was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Thomas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Klason paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Klason looks to throw the jab but Thomas is out of range.
Klason throws a low kick but it's checked well by Thomas.
Klason connects with a right hand. Thomas shakes it off.
Thomas tries to land a leg kick but Klason saw it coming and moves away.
Klason tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thomas was well out of range. Poor timing from Klason.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klason throws a hook but Thomas avoids it easily.
Thomas avoids the body shot from Klason.
Klason lands a body shot.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Klason moves out of range of the leg kick from Thomas.
Thomas takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Klason misses the body punch
and Thomas counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Klason just misses with a punch to the body.
Klason looks to throw the jab but Thomas is out of range.
Klason throws a series of punches but Thomas moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas misses with a straight left.
Thomas lands a really nice looking cross but Klason seems unphased.
Hjalmar Klason seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A telegraphed right hand from Klason misses the target.
Thomas throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Klason counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Thomas throws a lazy uppercut
and Klason counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Klason tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thomas was well out of range. Poor timing from Klason.
Thomas slips under a jab from Klason.
A left and a right from Klason both land. Nice combination.
Klason takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Thomas is looking to clinch but Klason is avoiding it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Klason scores with a decent looking hook.
Klason looks to land a right hand but Thomas moved out of range.
Thomas walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Klason throws a nice looking combination but Thomas bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Klason misses with a hook to the body
and Thomas counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Klason takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Thomas uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Klason.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thomas uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Klason has time to react.
Thomas is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Hjalmar Klason will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
A punch combination from Thomas misses.
Klason looks to land a right hand but Thomas moved out of range.
Klason looks to throw the jab but Thomas is out of range.
Hjalmar Klason seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Klason keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Klason scores with a jab to the body.
Thomas throws a big shot that misses.
Thomas throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Klason throws a hook but Thomas avoids it easily.
Klason throws a jab when Thomas was well out of range.
Klason lands a nice looking body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Klason misses with a straight right.
Thomas throws a big shot that misses.
Thomas jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Klason misses with an uppercut. Thomas saw that one coming.
Thomas scores with a hook.
It looks like Hjalmar Klason has been cut.
Klason throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Good exchange - Thomas coming out on top.
Klason scores with a jab to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thomas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Klason.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klason throws a hook to the side of Thomas's head but Thomas sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Thomas clinches up against the cage.
Thomas works on Klason's body with a couple of short punches.
Klason looking to stall.
Nice body punch from Thomas.
Klason is breathing heavily.
Thomas tries a body shot but Klason blocks it.
Klason is looking to control Thomas's arms but Thomas gets an underhook and turns him. Now Klason has his back to the cage.
Klason blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Thomas gets through Klason's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Thomas looking to throw knees to the head but Klason is blocking nicely.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Thomas obliges.
Thomas lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Thomas controlling the action here for a moment.
Klason tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klason managing to block the knees to the body from Thomas.
Thomas pushes Klason back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Thomas scores with a knee to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Thomas as Klason tries to tie him up.
Thomas landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Thomas gets through Klason's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Klason lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Klason misses with some punches.
Thomas just leaning against Klason, taking a breather.
Thomas goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Thomas tries a knee to the head but Klason blocks it.
Klason takes a shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Klason lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Thomas backwards.
Thomas misses with a knee strike.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Thomas tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Klason's elbow.
Still in the clinch, Thomas scores with a nice short uppercut.
Klason throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Thomass head.
Thomas tries to work over Klason's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Thomas tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Klason's elbow.
Klason blocks a body shot from Thomas.
Thomas using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Klason has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Thomas scores a nice knee to the body.
Thomas scores a nice knee to the body.
Thomas tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Klason tries a body shot but Thomas blocks it.
Klason throws a punch but it's blocked by Thomas.
Klason pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Thomas throws a left and a right that both miss
and Klason counters with a stiff right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lincoln Thomas dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Hjalmar Klason's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Klason takes a swing at Thomas's ribcage but misses.
Klason swats away the attempt to clinch by Thomas.
Klason swings for the body but Thomas moves out of range.
Thomas moves out of range of the strikes.
Thomas misses with a shot to the body
and Klason counters with a stiff right hand.
Klason misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Thomas.
Thomas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Thomas connects with a nice looking jab.
Klason throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nice shot lands for Klason.
Klason misses with a shot to the body
and Thomas counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Thomas waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Klason.
Thomas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Klason swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Thomas takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Klason throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Klason displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Thomas throws out the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klason keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Thomas.
Thomas throws the left hand but Klason avoids the punch easily.
Thomas ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Klason moves away.
Klason misses with a hook.
Thomas throws a right hand that misses
and Klason counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Klason misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Thomas.
Thomas fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Klason is out of range.
Thomas staying out of range there.
A shot to the liver by Klason. Beautiful body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas staying out of range there.
Thomas bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Thomas bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Klason ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A big right from Thomas misses.
Klason throws a body punch but Thomas moves out of range.
Klason ducks right into an uppercut from Thomas.
Klason circles away from the clinch attempt.
Thomas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Thomas throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Klason.
Thomas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Thomas drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Thomas walks into a straight right hand from Klason.
Thomas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Klason misses the jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Klason tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thomas was well out of range. Poor timing from Klason.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thomas lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Lincoln Thomas did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Hjalmar Klason's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Klason moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Klason takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Thomas throws a lazy right hand but Klason sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A shot to the liver by Klason. Beautiful body shot.
Thomas ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Klason lands a nice looking body shot.
Thomas listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Thomas throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Klason sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Klason connects with a looping right hand.
Thomas takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Thomas slips a jab from Klason.
Thomas slips a jab from Klason.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Klason.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Thomas, right into the meat.
Klason is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Thomas attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Klason walks into a jab.
Klason lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Thomas at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Thomas, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Thomas lands a lovely overhand right.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thomas tries to close the distance and clinch but Klason swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The crowd cheers as Klason lands an impressive looking overhand right. Thomas doesn't seem phased though.
Thomas moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Klason misses with a jab to the body
and Thomas makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Thomas fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Klason manages to avoid it.
Klason avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Thomas is looking to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klason fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thomas manages to avoid it.
Thomas scores with a jab to the jaw.
Thomas throws a front kick that sends Klason stumbling back into the cage.
Thomas misses with a looping right.
Thomas throws a leg kick but Klason checks it.
Klason throws a leg kick that is checked
and Thomas connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Thomas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Klason misses with a looping right.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas throws a hook but Klason avoids it easily.
Klason getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Klason scores with a punch to the head.
Klason displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Thomas throws out the jab.
Klason loads up on a big right hand but Thomas slips the punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Klason misses with a body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Klason throws a lazy right hand but Thomas sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Thomas lands a really nice looking cross but Klason seems unphased.
Klason connects with a leg kick. Thomas looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lincoln Thomas had his way with Hjalmar Klason in that round.
The cut man is working on Hjalmar Klason's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Klason throws a jab but it's blocked by Thomas.
Thomas slips a jab from Klason.
A swing and a miss from Klason.
Thomas takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Klason is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Thomas.
Thomas takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Thomas gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Thomas walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Klason checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Klason swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Klason takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Klason cracks a nice hook into Thomas's ribs.
Thomas blocks the body kick.
Klason misses with a hook.
Klason lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Thomas moves out of range as Klason strikes.
Klason keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A jab lands there for Klason.
Thomas throws a jab when Klason was well out of range.
Thomas looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Thomas throws a series of strikes that have Klason backpedaling.
Hjalmar Klason has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas tests Klason's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thomas ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Klason moves away.
Thomas slips a straight right by Klason.
Klason throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Thomas misses with an uppercut. Klason saw that one coming.
Thomas takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Klason takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas takes one to the side of the head.
Thomas tries to close the distance and clinch but Klason swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Thomas throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Klason stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Thomas drops his hands momentarily and Klason takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Klason tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thomas was well out of range. Poor timing from Klason.
Thomas throws a leg kick which misses Klason's front leg but catches the back leg as Klason tries to avoid it.
Klason is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Klason ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Thomas misses with a double jab.
Klason misses with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Thomas tenderised Klason's leg. Klason is trying to keep his angry face on.
A jab from Thomas does it's job there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Klason misses with a left hand
and Thomas counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Klason lands a jab to the head.
Klason misses with a hook
and Thomas cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Klason moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Klason takes a swing at Thomas's ribcage but misses.
Klason ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Thomas moves away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lincoln Thomas showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Thomas has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Valeri Chadov scores the fight 49:47
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 48:47
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 50:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lincoln Thomas!
Lincoln Thomas retains his light heavyweight title!
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