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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between TChalla Ojurere (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jamie Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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185 lbs
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190 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
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Brawler
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, TChalla Ojurere!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jamie Thomas!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ojurere blocks a head kick by Thomas.
Thomas connects with a leg kick. Ojurere looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Thomas showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ojurere.
Thomas shoots for a takedown but Ojurere saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Ojurere lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Ojurere.
It looks like Jamie Thomas has been cut.
Ojurere throws a head kick that misses.
No luck for Thomas with that takedown attempt.
Thomas is trying hard to land a takedown here. Ojurere sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
TChalla Ojurere has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jamie Thomas.
Thomas throws a right hand that Ojurere ducks under and follows up with a left that Ojurere also avoids with ease.
Ojurere throws a nice looking combination but Thomas bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ojurere throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Thomas on the side of the head.
Thomas drives through with a takedown into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thomas wants to control from the top but Ojurere keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Thomas throws a big right hand that misses.
Thomas stops Ojurere from standing up.
Thomas wants to control from the top but Ojurere keeps moving.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Jamie Thomas.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ojurere.
Thomas throws a head kick that misses.
Ojurere works Thomas's body with a nice hook.
Ojurere throws a head kick but Thomas moves out of range.
Thomas is looking to clinch but Ojurere is avoiding it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas closes the distance and pushes Ojurere back into the cage.
Thomas keeps control of Ojurere as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Thomas pulls Ojurere into guard.
Ojurere stands up from guard. Let's bang!
A looping hook to the body misses from Thomas. Ojurere does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ojurere tries to bum rush Thomas with a series of wild strikes but Thomas uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thomas slips a jab and a cross from Ojurere.
Thomas shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Ojurere is trying to defend but Thomas finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Ojurere is breathing heavily.
Thomas stands up and beckons Ojurere to join him on the feet.
Ojurere showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Thomas.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Ojurere counters with a left and a right that stings Thomas.
Ojurere lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Ojurere throws a right and a left that both miss.
Thomas shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Ojurere pinned against the cage. Ojurere gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Ojurere misses with a body shot.
A left and a right from Ojurere both land. Nice combination.
Ojurere misses with a two punch combination.
Ojurere stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Ojurere wants it to stay on the feet.
Ojurere comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Ojurere misses.
Thomas misses with a body kick.
Danga de danga de dang - Ojurere scores with a four punch combination!
Thomas fails with a takedown attempt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thomas looks for a takedown but Ojurere sprawls well.
Ojurere with a nice cross.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Thomas throws a head kick that half lands.
Ojurere throws a combination. Thomas tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Ojurere thuds a left hand into Thomas's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that TChalla Ojurere will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jamie Thomas's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Ojurere looks for the body kick but Thomas saw that one coming.
Ojurere misses with a jab, cross combination.
Thomas looking to score a takedown here. Ojurere is defending well but Thomas drives through and ends up in Ojurere's guard.
Thomas trying to control the position from guard on top but Ojurere is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Thomas won't allow Ojurere to get back to his feet.
Thomas should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Thomas is looking to stand up but Ojurere won't let him.
Thomas prevents Ojurere from getting back to his feet.
Ojurere keeping moving, preventing Thomas from controlling successfully.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Jamie Thomas.
Thomas shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Ojurere as he avoids it easily.
Ojurere is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The fight stays on the outside here - Thomas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ojurere throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Thomas.
Thomas fails with an attempt to clinch.
TChalla Ojurere is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Ojurere fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thomas manages to avoid it.
Thomas shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Ojurere counters with a one-two to the body.
Ojurere throws a series of punches but Thomas avoids them all with ease.
TChalla Ojurere seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Thomas.
TChalla Ojurere has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jamie Thomas.
Thomas shoots in for a takedown but Ojurere shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Ojurere connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Thomas scrambles back to his feet.
Thomas closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Ojurere to the mat! Ojurere manages to get full guard.
Ojurere uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Thomas takes a kick to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thomas throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Ojurere's waist but Ojurere gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Thomas off to one side.
Ojurere lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Ojurere lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Thomas. Those never looked like landing.
Ojurere lands a jab-cross combination.
A head kick by Ojurere misses
and Thomas counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ojurere is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Thomas is controlling him.
Thomas tries to free his leg and advance position but Ojurere is retaining full guard.
Ojurere pushes Thomas off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Ojurere lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Ojurere is looking to wear down Thomas with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Thomas is trying hard to land a takedown here. Ojurere sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Ojurere throws a shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ojurere lands a right hook to the body.
Ojurere throws a shot to the body.
Ojurere with a hook.
Thomas gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Thomas prevents Ojurere from breaking the clinch.
Thomas tries to stall but Ojurere uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Thomas breaks the clinch.
Ojurere cracks Thomas with an open hand slap.
Ojurere fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ojurere is working the combinations to good effect here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ojurere slaps away a takedown attempt from Thomas, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Ojurere lands with a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Jamie Thomas will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Jamie Thomas's cut.
That's time! Ojurere's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Ojurere falls off balance throwing a combination
and Thomas counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Thomas.
Ojurere escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Thomas shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Ojurere defends it nicely.
Thomas shoots for a double leg takedown but Ojurere sprawls well. He's pushed Thomas's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
A combination from Ojurere does no damage.
Ojurere is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Ojurere scores with a jab to the head.
Thomas tries to clinch but Ojurere is having none of it.
Thomas shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Ojurere as he avoids it easily.
TChalla Ojurere has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jamie Thomas.
Thomas takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ojurere tries to bum rush Thomas with a series of wild strikes but Thomas uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ojurere scores with a body shot.
Ojurere shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Thomas eats them both and turns towards Ojurere to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Thomas moves into the clinch.
Thomas tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ojurere's elbow.
Ojurere wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Thomas has him pressed against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Ojurere's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Thomas is trying to break free.
Ojurere breaks from the clinch.
Ojurere lands a jab-cross combination.
Thomas fails with the takedown.
Ojurere lands a two punch combo.
TChalla Ojurere is winning the standup battle so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ojurere stuffs the takedown attempt from Thomas. Thomas gets slowly back to his feet.
Thomas fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Ojurere shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Thomas eats them both and turns towards Ojurere to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thomas takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Thomas looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Ojurere!
Ojurere is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Thomas misses with a head shot.
Jamie Thomas has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas controlling from the full mount.
Thomas is working for a guillotine from mount but Ojurere frees his head quite easily.
Ojurere is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas working for a guillotine from mount but Ojurere is in no mood to give up.
Ojurere is trying to stand.
Thomas controlling the position easily from mount.
Thomas dominating with strikes here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Thomas is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Ojurere has managed to escape the submission attempt.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to TChalla Ojurere.
I think Ojurere 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 29:29
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:28
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... TChalla Ojurere!
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RATING
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