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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thunder Lips (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kim Boshesh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lips comes to the cage accompanied by Thunderlips Theme. Thunder Lips has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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300 lbs
9 - 4 - 0 |
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248 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Thunder Lips!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kim Boshesh!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Winston Howard and John Mangel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boshesh throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Lips's waist but Lips gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Boshesh off to one side.
Boshesh is looking to clinch.
Boshesh shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Lips pinned against the cage. Lips gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Boshesh shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Lips but Lips pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Thunder Lips has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kim Boshesh.
Boshesh shoots in but Lips avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Boshesh tries to close the distance and clinch but Lips swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lips connects with a nice looking jab.
It looks like Kim Boshesh has been cut.
Boshesh shoots for a double leg takedown but Lips sprawls well. He's pushed Boshesh's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Boshesh drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Boshesh with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lips trying to control the position.
Boshesh stopping the sweep attempt from Lips.
Boshesh tries to free his leg and advance position but Lips is retaining full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lips wants to sweep but no luck.
Lips throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Lips is on top in guard.
Boshesh is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Lips wants to control from the top but Boshesh keeps moving.
Boshesh trying to control the position here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boshesh wants to control the position but Lips says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Boshesh tries to roll over but Lips keeps him under control.
Boshesh is not content to let Lips control the position.
Boshesh is controlling Lips's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Boshesh wants to control but Lips is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lips working Boshesh over with strikes.
Lips thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Lips trying to control the action but Boshesh is working from the bottom.
Lips seems to be working for a kimura but Boshesh defends the submission attempt.
Lips throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Lips working the head and body with strikes.
Lips is working for an americana but Boshesh has been sneaky and has managed to get back to half guard, whilst Lips was thinking about the submission.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lips won't allow Boshesh to sweep him here.
Lips trying to control the position from guard on top but Boshesh is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lips advances position into side control!
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!
Lips lands some shots froms side control.
Lips tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Lips has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Boshesh is looking for a sweep.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Lips scoring with punches and elbows.
Lips is staying tight to Boshesh's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Lips trying to control the action but Boshesh is working from the bottom.
Boshesh tries to improve position but can't.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Lips tries to score with some ground and pound. Boshesh controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Boshesh dodges the ground and pound from Lips.
Lips looks up at the clock and then as Boshesh takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Lips smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Lips laying and praying for a moment but Boshesh takes advantage and regains half guard.
Lips thows a huge punch but Boshesh dodges it nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lips wants to take a breather but Boshesh is having none of it.
Lips is looking for a kimura here.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Lips lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Lips moves nicely into side control.
Lips is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Boshesh knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Lips wants to control but Boshesh is keeping him busy.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Lips laying and praying for a moment but Boshesh takes advantage and regains half guard.
Boshesh is not content to let Lips control the position.
Lips 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.
Lips stalling.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Lips is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Boshesh sees it coming and defends easily.
Boshesh is not content to let Lips control the position.
Boshesh preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lips trying to control from Boshesh's half guard. Boshesh has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thunder Lips dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kim Boshesh's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Boshesh shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Lips counters with a head kick that drops Boshesh - he's looking to finish, following his stunned foe to the ground!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lips tries to pass to full mount but Boshesh defends it.
Lips prevents Boshesh from improving his position.
Lips throwing shots but Boshesh is blocking nicely.
Lips is trying to work for a kimura but Boshesh is defending well.
Lips trying to control from Boshesh's half guard. Boshesh has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Lips trying to control the position from guard on top but Boshesh is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boshesh being controlled here, momentarily.
Lips throwing strikes but missing.
Boshesh trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Lips passes Boshesh's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Lips prevents Boshesh from improving his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lips performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Lips thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Boshesh's head.
Lips throwing shots but Boshesh is blocking nicely.
Lips trying to control from half guard but Boshesh is working away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lips is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Lips is stalling here. Boshesh is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Lips seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Boshesh has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Lips is trying to control Boshesh's posture but Boshesh avoids it.
Lips manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boshesh missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Lips is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Boshesh is looking to take a break and control but Lips is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Boshesh slips a nice elbow through Lips's hands, connecting with Lips's forehead.
Boshesh throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Lips tries to get to full guard but Boshesh has control of the leg.
Lips trying to control here.
Boshesh wants to pass the guard but Lips is defending well.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Boshesh missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Lips has his hands clasped together around Boshesh's back. He's all about the action.
Boshesh thows a huge punch but Lips dodges it nicely.
Lips actively working from the bottom here.
Lips is not content to let Boshesh control the position.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Lips wants to control but Boshesh is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Lips keeping control of the position.
Lips trying to control from the bottom.
Boshesh thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Lips's head.
Boshesh lands with a punch from half guard.
Lips avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Boshesh.
Boshesh landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Boshesh working over Lips with some ground and pound. Lips looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Boshesh connects with a nice short shot to Lips's temple.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Boshesh connects with a nice short shot to Lips's temple.
Boshesh throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Boshesh lands strikes from half guard.
Boshesh thows a huge punch but Lips dodges it nicely.
Boshesh is nestled in close to Lips, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Lips gets back to full guard.
Boshesh stopping the sweep attempt from Lips.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Boshesh accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Thunder Lips overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Boshesh trying to control the position from guard on top but Lips is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Boshesh trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Boshesh cracks Lips with a solid left hand.
Boshesh working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Lips's head.
Boshesh with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lips tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Lips controls Boshesh momentarily but Boshesh frees himself.
Boshesh preventing the sweep.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Boshesh working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Lips is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Boshesh accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Boshesh lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Lips is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Lips is trying to control. Boshesh wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Kim Boshesh has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Thunder Lips.
Well Lips 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 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 20:18
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 19:19
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 20:18
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Thunder Lips!
An out of breath and clearly excited Thunder Lips thanked Hero Fight Gear for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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