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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Larry Thorne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucky Me (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Thorne might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Finntroll - Trollhammaren. 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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169 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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160 lbs
8 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
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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
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Larry Thorne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lucky Me!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Dmitry Maklakov and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Me throws a right hand that Thorne ducks under and follows up with a left that Thorne also avoids with ease.
Thorne pushes Me up against the ropes in a clinch.
Thorne avoiding damage.
Thorne throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Me blocks it with crossed arms.
Thorne throws a knee to the head but misses.
Thorne manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Thorne lands a knee to the body.
Thorne avoiding damage.
Thorne tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Me being controlled against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thorne using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Thorne with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Thorne keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Me's efforts to push away.
Thorne connects with a nasty looking knee right to Me's face.
Thorne looking to throw knees to the head but Me is blocking nicely.
Thorne lands an elbow inside that Me shrugs off.
Thorne is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Me is defending well for now.
Thorne tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Me avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Me is trying to break the clinch but Thorne is controlling him.
Thorne missing with knees to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Thorne lands an elbow that stopped Me in his tracks for a moment.
Thorne with a knee to the head.
Thorne connects with a nasty looking knee right to Me's face.
Thorne is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Me is defending well for now.
Thorne tries a knee to the head but Me blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Me's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Thorne throws a sloppy head kick and Me moves out of range easily.
Me connects with a body shot that sends Thorne's belly button to the back.
Thorne is looking to clinch.
Thorne throws a leg kick which misses Me's front leg but catches the back leg as Me tries to avoid it.
A nice combination there by Me.
It looks like Larry Thorne has been cut.
Thorne misses with a body kick.
Thorne pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Me swats away the attempt to clinch by Thorne.
A slapping leg kick lands for Thorne.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thorne is looking to clinch.
Thorne scores with a nice body kick.
Thorne instigates a clinch.
Thorne lands an elbow that stopped Me in his tracks for a moment.
Thorne has Me pressed against the ropes, preventing Me from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thorne misses with a knee strike.
Thorne slows down the pace here.
Thorne keeps control of Me as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Thorne throws a knee to the head but misses.
Me managing to block the knees to the body from Thorne.
Thorne is pushing Me up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
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 round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Larry Thorne dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Larry Thorne's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Me jabs at Thorne's body.
Me throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Thorne throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Thorne closes the distance and pushes Me back into the ropes.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Me avoiding damage as Thorne throws knees to the body.
Me is trying to push Thorne away but Thorne has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Thorne trying to land knees to the body.
Me is trying to break the clinch but Thorne has him pressed against the ropes.
Me breaks from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thorne clinches up against the ropes.
Thorne throws a knee to the head but misses.
Me avoiding damage as Thorne throws knees to the body.
Thorne unloads a knee to the mid-section. Me lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Thorne lands a knee to the head.
Me working hard to break the clinch.
Thorne tries a knee to the head but Me blocks it.
Thorne connects with a nasty looking knee right to Me's face.
It looks like Lucky Me has been cut.
Thorne throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Thorne looking to throw knees to the head but Me is blocking nicely.
Come on Thorne - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Me takes a knee right on the jaw!
Thorne has Me pressed against the ropes, preventing Me from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Thorne with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Me managing to block the knees to the body from Thorne.
Thorne stalling.
Thorne using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thorne looking to throw knees to the head but Me is blocking nicely.
Me looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Thorne manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Me wants to break free but Thorne has control.
Thorne looking to throw knees to the head but Me is blocking nicely.
Larry Thorne has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Me avoids the elbow strike from Thorne, against the ropes.
Thorne is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Me takes an elbow to the forehead.
Thorne throws an elbow that misses.
Me is trying to force a seperation but Thorne has the dominant position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thorne creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Me's defenses.
Thorne tries to land a knee to the head but Me blocks with his arms.
Me takes a knee right on the jaw!
Stalling in the clinch from Thorne.
Me looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Thorne throws an elbow that misses.
Me managing to block the knees to the body from Thorne.
Thorne trying to land knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thorne misses with a knee strike.
Me blocks the elbow strike.
Me has had enough of the clinch but Thorne keeps him there for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Larry Thorne dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Thorne doesn't manage to clinch there - Me circles away.
Me takes a swing at Thorne's ribcage but misses.
Thorne wants to clinch but Me slips to the side
and Me counters with a stiff right hand.
Me misses with a few strikes there.
Larry Thorne is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Thorne scores with a head kick.
Me takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
A nice inside leg kick there by Thorne. That's going to slow Me down.
Me misses with a lunging right hand
and Thorne counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Me keeps the fight on the outside.
Me misses with a straight right.
Thorne fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Me has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thorne scoring well with a low kick there.
Thorne throws a front kick that sends Me stumbling back into the ropes.
Me misses with a wild body shot.
Me tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Thorne moves into the clinch.
Me takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Thorne putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Me in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thorne dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Thorne unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Thorne with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Thorne landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Thorne has Me pressed against the ropes, preventing Me from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Thorne keeps control of Me as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Me avoiding damage as Thorne throws knees to the body.
Thorne with a knee to the head.
Thorne using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Me has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lucky Me has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thorne looking to stall.
Thorne misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Me.
Thorne just leaning against Me, taking a breather.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Me's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice body punch from Me.
Thorne lands with a slapping head kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A slow jab from Me misses its intended target.
Thorne tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Larry Thorne is winning the standup battle so far.
Thorne gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Me is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Me on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Thorne missing with knees to the body.
Thorne keeps control of Me as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Me is trying to break the clinch but Thorne is controlling him.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Thorne obliges.
Me is looking to break free of the clinch but Thorne has double underhooks.
Thorne is trying to maintain a safe position but Me gets an underhook and turns Thorne into the ropes.
Me misses with a hook to the ribs.
Thorne misses with a knee strike.
Thorne tries to land a knee to the head but Me blocks with his arms.
Me wants to break free but Thorne has control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thorne tries to land knees in the clinch but Me avoids the damage to the body.
Thorne lands an elbow inside.
Thorne stalling in the clinch but Me improves position.
Thorne landing knees to the head.
Me is looking to break free of the clinch but Thorne has double underhooks.
Me wants to break free but Thorne has control.
Larry Thorne is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Thorne connects with a knee to the head.
Me has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Me blocks an elbow strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Me tries to break free but Thorne pushes him back against the ropes.
Thorne is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Me can do to turn this around?
Thorne trying to land knees to the body.
Me tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Larry Thorne showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Thorne 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight for Larry Thorne!
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight for Larry Thorne!
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight for Larry Thorne!
Larry Thorne wins by unanimous decision!
Larry Thorne decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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