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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Max Steel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darius Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steel kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Saliva - Ladies and Gentlemen. Darius Thomas acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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210 lbs
10 - 2 - 0 |
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205 lbs
16 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Excellent boxer
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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
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Max Steel!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Darius Thomas!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Steve Erwin and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steel moves out of range of the strikes.
Steel drops his hands momentarily and Thomas takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Steel loads up on a big right hand but Thomas slips the punch.
Steel misses the shot to the body.
No joy there for Thomas, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Steel connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
It looks like Darius Thomas has been cut.
Steel feints and then cracks Thomas's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Thomas down.
Thomas misses with a jab, cross combination.
Steel feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Thomass jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A lazy left from Steel finds it's target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Steel cracks a nice hook into Thomas's ribs.
Thomas throws a body punch but Steel moves out of range.
Steel looks to land a body kick but Thomas moved away.
A slapping body kick lands there for Steel.
The fighters circling - Thomas throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Thomas tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Steel manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Thomas throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Steel cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A punch combination from Thomas misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas missing with a left hand there. Steel was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A jab from Steel misses.
Thomas jabs Steel right on the nose. Steel blinks but takes it well.
Steel throws the kick towards the body but Thomas avoids it.
Thomas avoids a kick to the body.
Steel throws a lazy right hand but Thomas sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Thomas moves into range and clinches up with Steel.
Steel misses with a body punch.
Steel prevents Thomas from breaking the clinch.
Steel lands with a short shot to the head.
Thomas looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Thomas prevents a body shot from Steel.
Thomas digs a right hand into Steel's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Steel's gas tank.
Steel can't find room to land a body shot as Thomas controls the action.
Steel prevents Thomas from breaking the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas prevents a body shot from Steel.
Thomas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Thomas loads up on a big right hand but Steel slips the punch.
Steel avoids the body shot from Thomas.
Steel tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thomas was well out of range. Poor timing from Steel.
Steel just misses with a punch to the body.
Steel checks the leg kick.
Thomas works the jab nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Steel throws a big shot that misses.
Steel slips under a jab from Thomas.
Steel misses with a body shot.
Steel lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Steel missing with a left hand there. Thomas was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Steel displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Thomas throws out the jab.
A big right from Steel misses.
Darius Thomas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thomas moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steel moves forwards but Thomas connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Steel attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Thomas lands with an overhand left.
Thomas takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Nice shot by Thomas.
Steel moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Thomas avoids the body shot from Steel.
Steel scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Thomas might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Thomas loads up on a big right hand but Steel slips the punch.
Thomas throws a hook to the side of Steel's head but Steel sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Steel misses with an attempted mid kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Thomas misses the target.
Thomas lunges at Steel with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Steel's hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thomas tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Steel was well out of range. Poor timing from Thomas.
Steel goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Thomas misses.
Steel fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Thomas fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Thomas tries to clinch up.
Steel throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Thomas looks gassed!
Steel ducks under a wild hook from Thomas.
Steel works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Thomas walks into a straight right hand from Steel.
Thomas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Steel jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Thomas throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice uppercut lands for Steel. That snapped Thomas's head back.
No joy there for Thomas, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Steel blocks a jab.
Thomas fails to land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Max Steel dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Darius Thomas's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Steel connects with a body shot that sends Thomas's belly button to the back.
Steel looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Steel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Steel scores with a push kick.
Thomas throws a lazy uppercut
and Steel counters with a nice body kick.
Thomas scores with a shot to the body.
Steel fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thomas manages to avoid it.
Thomas fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Steel manages to avoid it.
Steel looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Thomas misses with a straight left.
Steel cracks the inside of Thomas's front leg.
Thomas is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A chopping leg kick lands by Steel.
Steel throws a jab but it's blocked by Thomas.
Steel dips to his left and cracks Thomas with an uppercut!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Thomas crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Steel - the referee stops the clock and Thomas gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Steel. Thomas manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Thomas on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Steel. Steel obviously looking to wear him down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steel connects with a jab.
Steel lands a nice shot that snaps Thomas's head back.
The fighters circle momentarily. Steel darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
That has opened up Darius Thomas's cut even more.
Steel throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Thomas chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Steel can pounce on him.
Steel lands with a right hand.
Thomas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Darius Thomas is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Steel fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thomas manages to avoid it.
Steel takes a swing at Thomas's ribcage but misses.
Steel misses with a wild body shot.
Thomas closes the distance and clinches.
A right hook to the body lands for Steel.
Steel pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Thomas has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Steel.
Thomas lands a lovely overhand right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steel paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Steel looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Max Steel is winning the standup battle so far.
Thomas sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Steel is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Thomas can do to turn this around?
Thomas avoids a kick to the body.
Thomas drops his hands momentarily and Steel takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Steel pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Steel lands with a kick to the ribs.
Steel scores with a hook.
The fighters circle momentarily. Steel darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Good shot there by Steel.
The cut above Darius Thomas's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
A slapping leg kick lands for Steel.
Steel goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Thomas is rocked!
Steel thows a body shot but no joy.
Steel connects with a right hand. Thomas shakes it off.
Thomas is still on wobbly legs! Can Steel finish him?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas walks straight into a right hand from Steel - that's dropped him! Steel jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Thomas from any more punishment! Thomas complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:06 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Max Steel!
Max Steel retains his light heavyweight title!
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