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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Lawrence (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Din Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lawrence comes to the cage accompanied by Overture. Thomas has chosen Linkin Park - Numb as his entrance music. Marcus Lawrence has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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182 lbs
18 - 15 - 0 |
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190 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcus Lawrence!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Din Thomas!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Emerson Jorge and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lawrence.
Lawrence fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Thomas keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Lawrence has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Thomas moves out of range of the strikes.
A punch combination from Thomas misses.
Thomas closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Lawrence is looking to reverse the position.
Thomas wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lawrence keeps working.
Thomas controlling the position.
You can see the frustration on Lawrence's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Lawrence gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thomas controlling the pace.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lawrence avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Thomas.
Thomas is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Lawrence tries to kick Thomas off but Thomas keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Din Thomas.
A nice combination there by Thomas.
Lawrence tries to sprawl but Thomas drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Thomas with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Lawrence is not content to let Thomas control the position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lawrence is trying to maintain the position but Thomas is very close to passing his half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lawrence has one foot on Thomas's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Lawrence jabs at Thomas's body.
Thomas just misses with a punch to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Thomas. Those never looked like landing.
Thomas misses with a few strikes there.
Thomas closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Lawrence is looking to improve his position.
Lawrence actively working from the bottom here.
Lawrence wants to get back to full guard.
Thomas wants to free his trapped foot but Lawrence is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Lawrence is staying active underneath Thomas, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lawrence has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Thomas is working away from the top position though.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Thomas tries to pass the half guard into mount. Lawrence knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Lawrence wants to control but Thomas is keeping busy.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Lawrence lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Thomas circles away quickly and effectively.
Lawrence tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Thomas swivels and escapes.
Lawrence lands a leg kick that knocks Thomas off balance momentarily.
Thomas misses with the combination.
Thomas throws a good cross that connects.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lawrence darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Lawrence dodges the punch combination from Thomas.
Lawrence gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lawrence is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Thomas is aware though and is defending well.
Thomas tries to free his leg and advance position but Lawrence is retaining full guard.
Thomas trying to control the position from guard on top but Lawrence is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lawrence is trying to hold Thomas in close to prevent damage but Thomas has managed to pass into half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lawrence has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Thomas escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Thomas!
Lawrence is trying to control Thomas's posture but Thomas avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Din Thomas dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Thomas scores a takedown into full mount!
Lawrence is looking to improve his position but Thomas isn't that keen on the idea.
Thomas controlling from the full mount.
Lawrence tries to reverse the position but Thomas maintains control.
Thomas landing strikes from the mount.
Thomas tries to control but Lawrence wriggling away.
Thomas sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lawrence in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Lawrence in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Din Thomas has got the better of the ground game so far.
Thomas looking to control but Lawrence is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Thomas lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Thomas is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Lawrence has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Thomas looking to control but Lawrence is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Thomas controlling from the full mount.
Thomas wants to control the pace but Lawrence is squirming around nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lawrence is looking to improve his position but Thomas isn't that keen on the idea.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Thomas looking to control but Lawrence is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Thomas content just to control the position here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thomas trying to control but Lawrence is having none of it.
Lawrence is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Lawrence blocking the ground and pound.
Thomas looking to control but Lawrence is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Lawrence keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lawrence is working hard here to advance position.
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 Lawrence's face.
Thomas tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Lawrence tries to lock up and control but Thomas gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Lawrence is looking to improve his position but Thomas isn't that keen on the idea.
Lawrence takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Thomas controlling the position easily from mount.
Lawrence tries to hold on but Thomas pushes him away.
Thomas looking for a guillotine from mount but Lawrence is having none of it.
Lawrence is working to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lawrence wants to hold on but Thomas pushes him away.
Thomas looking to control but Lawrence is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Thomas controlling the pace for now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thomas tries to control but Lawrence wriggling away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lawrence has left one of his arms exposed and Thomas doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Lawrence screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Din Thomas!
Din Thomas made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'I Want my belt back, Antonio Brega !'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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