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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anhel Batista (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anhel Batista is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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215 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
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211 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Thompson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anhel Batista!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, George Francis and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thompson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
John Thompson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thompson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Batista on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Batista with a lazy takedown attempt
and Thompson counters with a single leg into guard. Batista didn't expect that.
Thompson is stalling in the full guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thompson passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Batista 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.
Thompson scores with punches from side control.
Batista being controlled for a moment.
Thompson misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson working the ground and pound.
Batista takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Thompson working away.
Thompson content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Thompson has hold of Batista's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Batista seems comfortable defending it but Thompson has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Batista is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Batista is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Thompson couldn't care less - he's delighted!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). John Thompson!
A very excited looking John Thompson rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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