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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Jenkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jenkins comes to the cage accompanied by take it like a man. Thomas has chosen Devil went down to Georgia as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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186 cm
26
200 lbs
10 - 4 - 1 |
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188 cm
27
202 lbs
19 - 9 - 1 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
10 - 4 - 1, fighting out of London, Bruce Jenkins! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
19 - 9 - 1, fighting out of London, John Thomas! The judges for this bout are James Glass, James Atkins and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Jenkins waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Thomas. Thomas moves out of range of the strikes. Jenkins keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Thomas cracks Jenkins with a right hand to the side of the head. Jenkins instigates a clinch. Thomas throws a punch but it's blocked by Jenkins. Thomas misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jenkins jumps guard and drags Thomas to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back. Jenkins is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Jenkins avoiding any damage from the ground and pound. Thomas throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jenkins works some decent striking defense from the bottom. Jenkins looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Thomas avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Jenkins wants to hit a switch here but Thomas passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Jenkins there!
That's one minute gone in the round. Jenkins is looking to get to half guard. Thomas has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Jenkins's face.
Thomas dominating with strikes here.
Jenkins is rocked! Thomas connects with a bit shot that sees Jenkins covering up! More strikes from Thomas and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Thomas is our winner by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Thomas! John Thomas is the new middleweight champion! An out of breath John Thomas thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
78% |
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