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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Michael Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyler Durden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Durden has chosen This is your life as his entrance music. Tyler Durden is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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165 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Michael Thompson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tyler Durden!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Damien Edna and Donatello Bradman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thompson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Durden tries to close the distance and clinch up but Thompson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Durden fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Thompson, pushing him back against the cage.
Thompson is trying to break free.
Durden manages to break the clinch.
Durden dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Durden has closed the distance and engaged Thompson in a clinch.
Thompson tries to circle away but Durden has him pinned against the cage.
Durden prevents a takedown attempt there.
Good body shot from Durden.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Durden.
Durden scores with a shot to the side of Thompson's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Durden's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Durden connects with a body shot.
Durden moves into the clinch.
Durden breaks the clinch.
Durden tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Thompson counters with a nice uppercut.
It looks like Tyler Durden has been cut.
Durden wants to clinch up but Thompson keeps it at a distance.
Durden fails in his attempt to clinch.
Durden lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Thompson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Danga de danga de dang - Durden scores with a four punch combination!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Durden checks a leg kick nicely.
Nice shot lands for Durden.
A decent looking cross lands there for Durden.
Thompson takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Thompson is rocked!
Durden tries to sprawl but Thompson drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Oh Thompson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Durden is trying to stand up here but Thompson is controlling him well.
Thompson frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Thompson seems to have got his legs back now.
Thompson is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Durden can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Thompson thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Durden has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Thompson throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Durden wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Thompson.
Durden wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Thompson.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Thompson wants to finish this one by submission but Durden is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Thompson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thompson trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Thompson looking to control and managing it successfully.
Thompson dominating with strikes here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Durden blocking the ground and pound.
Poor strikes thrown by Thompson there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thompson throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Michael Thompson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Tyler Durden's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
A nice combination there by Durden.
Durden fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Durden misses with the combination.
Durden moves into range and clinches up with Thompson.
Durden misses with a short punch on the inside.
Durden misses with a punch to the body.
Durden lands a nice shot to the body.
Durden breaks from the clinch.
Thompson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Durden.
Tyler Durden is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Thompson missing with a left hand there. Durden was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Durden tries to close the distance and clinch but Thompson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Durden moves in looking to clinch but Thompson pushes him off.
Durden wants to clinch up but Thompson keeps it at a distance.
Durden lands a nice hook to Thompson's body. Thompson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Thompson loads up on a big right hand but Durden slips the punch.
Thompson takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Durden looks to clinch
and Thompson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Durden scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Thompson doesn't seem bothered though.
Thompson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Decent striking displayed by Durden there.
Nice defenses there by Thompson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durden tries to clinch but Thompson moves out of range.
Nice body punch from Durden.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Some wild striking there from Thompson.
Durden tries to clinch up.
Durden wants to clinch up but Thompson keeps it at a distance.
Durden throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tyler Durden is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Durden lands with a nice combination. Thompson backs away looking to recover.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Thompson lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Durden has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Durden and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Thompson throws a shot from downtown. Durden moves away and avoids it.
Thompson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Durden.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Durden is looking to clinch.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Durden enables Thompson to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Durden manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Thompson pushes down on Durden's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Thompson works his foot free and advances to mount.
Durden really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Thompson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Durden is breathing heavily.
Thompson tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Thompson seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Durden for as long as he can get away with.
Michael Thompson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thompson looking to control but Durden is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Thompson connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thompson throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Durden can do anything to dispel that myth.
Thompson misses with a head shot.
Thompson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Durden is looking to escape.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Thompson sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Tyler Durden will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Tyler Durden's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Thompson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Durden finds it's way round the side to connect with Thompson's head.
Durden avoids the body shot from Thompson.
Durden moves out of range of the strikes.
Thompson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nice cross by Thompson.
Thompson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Durden lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Thompson backs up against the cage.
Durden lands a jab.
Nice defenses there by Durden.
Thompson ducks right into an uppercut from Durden.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson misses with a straight left.
Durden throws a series of punches but Thompson moves out of range.
Durden tries to close the distance and clinch but Thompson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Durden throws a series of punches but Thompson avoids them all with ease.
Thompson shoots in for a takedown but Durden shows good takedown defense.
Durden thuds a left hand into Thompson's body.
Tyler Durden seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Durden wants to clinch up but Thompson keeps it at a distance.
Durden tries to clinch
and Thompson counters with a stiff right hand.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Durden, as that shot connected.
Sloppy strikes from Durden. Those never looked like landing.
Durden takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Durden wants to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson shoots for a takedown but Durden saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Thompson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Durden connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Thompson scrambles back to his feet.
A cross from Durden lands.
Durden scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Durden tries to clinch but Thompson moves out of range.
Durden lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Durden.
Durden tries to close the distance and clinch but Thompson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Thompson connects with a single shot there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Durden is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Thompson swings away with a body shot that misses
and Thompson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Durden punishes Thompson's body with a nice straight punch.
Thompson avoids the body shot from Durden.
Durden uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Thompson.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Durden, as that shot connected.
Durden steps in with a hook that catches Thompson right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Durden follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Thompson looks absolutely devastated.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tyler Durden!
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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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