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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hans Edgar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ash Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Edgar comes to the cage accompanied by Eminem - Go To Sleep. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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180 lbs
11 - 1 - 0 |
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178 lbs
18 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hans Edgar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ash Thomas!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Dillan Fox and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Edgar bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Thomas connects with a right hand. Edgar shakes it off.
Edgar clinches up with Thomas and pushes him back against the cage.
Thomas swings wildly with an uppercut but Edgar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Edgar swings wildly with an uppercut but Thomas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Edgar lands an uppercut.
Thomas lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Thomas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A good leg kick by Thomas.
Edgar wants to clinch.
Thomas throws a low kick but Edgar moves out of range easily.
Thomas misses with a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Thomas throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Thomas throws a half hearted mid kick.
Edgar takes a swing at Thomas's ribcage but misses.
Thomas just misses with a punch to the body.
Edgar takes a jab right on the kisser.
Edgar checks a leg kick.
Thomas digs a good hook to Edgar's body.
Thomas takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Thomas checks a low kick from Edgar.
Edgar tries to clinch up but Thomas circles away and keeps his distance.
Thomas does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Edgar takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ash Thomas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thomas takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Edgar walks into a left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Edgar avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Thomas missing with a left hand there. Edgar was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Edgar paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Thomas sizes up Edgar with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Thomas slips a jab and a cross from Edgar.
Thomas throws a leg kick but Edgar sees it coming and moves out of range.
Thomas lands a lovely overhand right.
Thomas throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Thomas wants to land a leg kick but Edgar is out of range.
Thomas misses with an uppercut.
Thomas delivers a nice body kick.
Thomas tried to score with a low kick but Edgar checks it.
Thomas fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Edgar checks it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas throws a head kick that half lands.
Edgar gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Edgar swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Edgar takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Thomas scores with a push kick.
Thomas throws a sloppy head kick and Edgar moves out of range easily.
Edgar just misses with a punch to the body.
Thomas throws a nice inside leg kick.
Thomas misses with a body kick.
Edgar cracks the inside of Thomas's front leg.
Thomas throws a leg kick
and Edgar counters with an outside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Edgar misses with a body shot.
Edgar throws a hook to the side of Thomas's head but Thomas sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Edgar throws a chopping leg kick but Thomas manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Thomas tries a low kick but Edgar avoids it.
Thomas lands a lovely overhand right.
Thomas fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Edgar has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Edgar takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Edgar jabs at Thomas's body.
Thomas connects with a nice looking jab.
Good leg kick by Thomas there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Thomas throws a body punch but Edgar moves out of range.
Thomas keeps Edgar at a distance using the push kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thomas lands an overhand right.
Thomas connects with a leg kick. Edgar looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Thomas connects with a solid leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ash Thomas dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
An inside leg kick from Thomas misses.
Nice shot lands for Edgar.
Thomas throws a low kick but Edgar avoids it.
Thomas swings away with a body shot that misses
and Edgar cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Thomas lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Edgar scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Thomas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Edgar.
Thomas throws a low kick but it's checked well by Edgar.
Thomas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Edgar blocks a head kick by Thomas.
Thomas throws an overhand right that lands on Edgar's shoulder, as Edgar tries to avoid the shot.
Nice defenses there by Edgar.
Edgar fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Thomas throws a series of punches but Edgar avoids them all with ease.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Edgar tries to close the distance and clinch but Thomas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Thomas lands a nice leg kick that just misses Edgar's sensitive parts.
Edgar showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Thomas.
Thomas misses with a low kick as Edgar jumps back.
Edgar looks to throw the jab but Thomas is out of range.
Thomas connects with a leg kick. Edgar looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Thomas thows a leg kick but Edgar checks it
and Edgar counters with a right hand to the body.
Thomas pivots, looking for a leg kick but Edgar is out of range and Thomas settles back down.
Thomas bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Edgar's head.
Thomas lands a nice looking body shot.
Thomas connects with a leg kick. Edgar looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Thomas throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas throws a body kick that misses.
A solid leg kick lands there for Thomas.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Edgar lands with a nice combination. Thomas backs away looking to recover.
Edgar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Thomas throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Thomas tries to land a leg kick but Edgar saw it coming and moves away.
Thomas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Thomas.
Edgar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Thomas misses with a straight right.
Thomas cracks the inside of Edgar's front leg.
Edgar uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Thomas.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Edgar takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Thomas keeps the fight on the outside.
Thomas finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Thomas throws a lazy body kick
and Edgar counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Thomas throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Thomas throws a nice outside leg kick.
Edgar jabs Thomas to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Thomas throws a leg kick which misses Edgar's front leg but catches the back leg as Edgar tries to avoid it.
Edgar fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Edgar fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Thomas looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Edgar tries to bum rush Thomas with a series of wild strikes but Thomas uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Thomas needs to keep his hands up - Edgar had a free shot at his head there.
Thomas attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas misses with a body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thomas throws a body kick that misses.
Thomas chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Thomas keeps the fight on the outside.
Edgar moves out of range of the leg kick from Thomas.
Thomas throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Edgar.
Edgar throws a nice looking combination but Thomas bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A jab from Thomas misses.
Thomas throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Thomas takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Edgar throws a looping overhand right but Thomas ducks down to avoid it.
No joy there for Edgar, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ash Thomas showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Edgar is looking to slow Thomas down with leg kicks.
Edgar thuds his shin into the meat of Thomas's side.
Edgar takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Thomas scores with a leg kick.
Edgar throws a half hearted mid kick.
Edgar blocks a jab.
Thomas misses with an attempted mid kick.
Edgar throws a hook to the side of Thomas's head but Thomas sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Thomas throws out a loose jab but Edgar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Edgar throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Thomas sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Thomas walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
No joy there for Edgar, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Thomas connects with an inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Edgar throws a wild body kick that Thomas sees coming a mile off.
Ash Thomas seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Thomas connects with a right hand. Edgar shakes it off.
Thomas scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Thomas misses with a body shot.
Thomas lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Thomas misses with a body kick.
Edgar throws a hook to the side of Thomas's head but Thomas sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Edgar connects with a solid leg kick.
Edgar uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Thomas.
Edgar scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Thomas scores with a crisp jab that stopped Edgar in his tracks.
Thomas misses with a body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Edgar digs a good body shot into Thomas's ribs.
Thomas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thomas works Edgar's body with a nice hook.
Edgar takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Thomas ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Edgar is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Thomas lands with a thumping leg kick.
Thomas takes one to the chin there.
Thomas throws a leg kick but Edgar moved away.
Thomas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Edgar.
Jab from Thomas.
Thomas on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Thomas wants to slow Edgar down by chopping away at his legs.
Edgar misses with a wild body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Edgar dodges the punch combination from Thomas.
Thomas throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Edgar takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Edgar avoids the head kick by Thomas.
Thomas throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Thomas throws a sloppy head kick and Edgar moves out of range easily.
Thomas will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Edgar blocks a head kick by Thomas.
Thomas takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Thomas connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Edgar's hands.
Edgar throws a half hearted mid kick.
Hans Edgar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Edgar looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Edgar pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Thomas back to the cage. Edgar follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Edgar throws a sloppy head kick and Thomas moves out of range easily.
Edgar lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thomas staying out of range there.
Thomas throws out a leg kick but Edgar moves out of range and Thomas only half commits.
Thomas throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Thomas, right into the meat.
Edgar takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Edgar throws a head kick but Thomas moves out of range.
Edgar throws an off balance right hand
and Thomas counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Thomas throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ash Thomas.
Well Thomas has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 27:30
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ash Thomas!
After the fight, Ash Thomas was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
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pop
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