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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Darius Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Corey Romziel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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205 lbs
17 - 6 - 0 |
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183 lbs
8 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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 super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Darius Thomas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Corey Romziel!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Roger Salmon and Jeff Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas takes a swing at Romziel's ribcage but misses.
Thomas misses with a wild body shot.
Thomas throws a hook but Romziel blocks it.
Thomas jabs Romziel to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Thomas misses the shot to the body.
A jab from Thomas finds it's way through Romziel's defenses.
Thomas misses with an uppercut. Romziel saw that one coming.
Thomas throws a one two combo.
Thomas lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A left and a right from Romziel both land. Nice combination.
Romziel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Thomas scores with a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thomas lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Thomas.
A chopping leg kick lands by Thomas.
Thomas scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romziel with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Thomas to score with a decent uppercut.
Thomas throws a jab but it's blocked by Romziel.
Thomas cracks Romziel with a right hand to the side of the head.
Thomas is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Thomas rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Romziel moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Thomas swings for the body but Romziel moves out of range.
Thomas waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Romziel.
Romziel uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Thomas.
Thomas connects with a looping right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Thomas. Romziel does a little dance to reset his feet.
Romziel blocks the body kick.
Romziel keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Thomas.
Darius Thomas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thomas throws a hook to the side of Romziel's head but Romziel sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romziel feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Thomas's calf.
Thomas scores with a body shot.
Romziel buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Thomas misses with a low kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Romziel fails in his attempt to clinch.
Romziel misses with a looping right.
Thomas swats away the attempt to clinch by Romziel.
Thomas swings widly with a right hand
and Romziel cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Romziel avoids the body shot from Thomas.
A combination from Thomas does no damage.
Romziel throws a nice inside leg kick.
Thomas misses with a hook
and Romziel counters with a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Thomas misses the target.
Romziel throws out a loose jab but Thomas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thomas throws a big shot that misses.
Romziel fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Thomas misses with a body shot.
Thomas is looking to score with low kicks.
Thomas closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Romziel connects with a body shot.
Romziel fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Thomas moves into range and connects with a jab.
Romziel throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A decent looking cross lands there for Romziel.
Thomas lands with an uppercut that bounces Romziel off the cage and back into range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Romziel.
Romziel throws a poor cross that misses
and Thomas makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thomas lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Romziel backs up against the cage.
Thomas will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Thomas lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Thomas.
Thomas tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Romziel was well out of range. Poor timing from Thomas.
Thomas throws a hook but Romziel avoids it easily.
Thomas fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Romziel manages to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thomas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Romziel lands a really nice looking cross but Thomas seems unphased.
Romziel swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Darius Thomas dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Thomas throws a leg kick
and Romziel makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Good work by Thomas as he checks the leg kick.
Thomas misses with a body kick.
Nice straight punches there by Thomas. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Thomas.
Darius Thomas is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Thomas lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Romziel circles away quickly and effectively.
Romziel throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Thomas on the side of the head.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Thomas!
Thomas fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Romziel looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Romziel is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A left lands for Thomas.
Thomas slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Romziel throws out a loose jab but Thomas uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Thomas throws a leg kick but Romziel moved away.
A jab from Thomas misses.
Thomas looks to throw the jab but Romziel is out of range.
Romziel takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Romziel scores with a sloppy right hand. Thomas should have avoided that one.
It looks like Darius Thomas has been cut.
Thomas dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Romziel dodges the punch combination from Thomas.
Romziel rushes Thomas and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Romziel fails to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas is looking to break free of the clinch but Romziel has double underhooks.
Thomas breaks the clinch.
Romziel throws an overhand right that lands on Thomas's shoulder, as Thomas tries to avoid the shot.
Thomas misses with a wild combination.
Thomas connects with a good right hand that stumbles Romziel. Romziel circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Thomas misses with a straight right.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Romziel wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Romziel takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Thomas with a jab.
Thomas lands with a shot to the body.
Romziel uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Thomas.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romziel pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Romziel throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Thomas dips to his left and cracks Romziel with an uppercut!
Thomas scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Thomas throws a series of strikes that have Romziel backpedaling.
Darius Thomas is winning the standup battle so far.
Thomas swinging wildly here.
Romziel has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Thomas finds it's way round the side to connect with Romziel's head.
Romziel clinches.
Thomas is looking to break free of the clinch but Romziel has double underhooks.
Romziel manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Thomas blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romziel lands a damaging elbow.
Thomas is looking to break free of the clinch but Romziel has double underhooks.
Thomas on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Romziel throws a punch but it's blocked by Thomas.
Romziel is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Thomas tries to break free but Romziel pushes him back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Darius Thomas dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Darius Thomas's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Romziel is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Thomas.
Romziel has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Nice jab there from Thomas.
Thomas scores with a sloppy right hand. Romziel should have avoided that one.
Thomas tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Romziel was well out of range. Poor timing from Thomas.
Thomas looks to land a left hand but Romziel moved out of range nicely.
Thomas keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Romziel.
Thomas avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Romziel uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Thomas.
Thomas misses with a two punch combination.
Thomas throws a nice looking combination but Romziel bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Romziel moves into the clinch.
Thomas can't break the clinch.
Thomas avoiding damage as Romziel throws knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Romziel fails to land.
Thomas is trying to break the clinch but Romziel has him pressed against the cage.
Thomas tries to circle away but Romziel has him pinned against the cage.
Romziel keeps control of Thomas as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Thomas blocks an elbow strike.
Romziel tries a body shot but Thomas blocks it.
Romziel misses with a body punch.
Romziel pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Thomas has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Romziel prevents Thomas from breaking the clinch.
Thomas has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Thomas is trying to break the clinch but Romziel has him pressed against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas prevents a body shot from Romziel.
Thomas is trying to break the clinch but Romziel is controlling him.
Thomas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Thomas scores with a nice head shot.
Sloppy strikes from Thomas. Those never looked like landing.
Thomas throws a series of strikes that have Romziel backpedaling.
Thomas rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Romziel moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Romziel connects with a leg kick. Thomas looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Romziel looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Romziel closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Romziel.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romziel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Romziel keeps control of Thomas as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Romziel lands a good knee to the midsection. Thomas won't want to take too many of those.
Romziel with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Darius Thomas is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Romziel lands a knee to the body.
Thomas misses with a body punch.
Romziel wants to stall.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Romziel.
Corey Romziel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas is trying to break free.
Romziel working aggressively here.
Romziel with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Romziel lands with a left to the head.
Romziel lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Thomas is trying to break free.
Romziel wants to stall.
Thomas wants to break the clinch but can't.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thomas takes a knee right on the jaw!
Romziel looking to slow down the pace here.
Romziel tries a knee to the head but Thomas blocks it.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Corey Romziel.
I think Thomas has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Chris Saunders scores the fight 29:28
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Darius Thomas!
Darius Thomas seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
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