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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mark Schulz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gage Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mark Schulz has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mark Schulz!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gage Thomas!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Alyssa Summers and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schulz scores with a hook.
Schulz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Thomas throws a shot from downtown. Schulz moves away and avoids it.
Schulz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thomas manages to avoid it.
Thomas does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Thomas connects with a single shot there.
A punch combination from Thomas misses.
Schulz misses with a jab, cross combination.
Schulz looks to score with a jab to the body but Thomas is just out of range.
Thomas tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Schulz was well out of range. Poor timing from Thomas.
Schulz scores with a one two! Thomas had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Gage Thomas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A looping hook to the body misses from Schulz. Thomas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Thomas looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Schulz scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Thomas misses with an uppercut.
Schulz lands a jab to Thomas's midsection.
Nice uppercut lands for Thomas. That snapped Schulz's head back.
Thomas tries to clinch but Schulz is having none of it.
Thomas cracks Schulz with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Thomas ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Donk. Schulz catches Thomas right on the button with a cross.
Thomas walks into a left hand.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Thomas scores with a nice body kick.
Schulz avoids the body shot from Thomas.
Thomas takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Thomas misses.
Thomas misses with a body kick.
Schulz jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Thomas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Schulz.
Thomas uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Schulz.
Schulz is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Thomas moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Thomas turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Thomas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Thomas takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Schulz lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Thomas at a distance.
Schulz slips under a jab from Thomas.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas wants to clinch.
Thomas lands a leg kick that knocks Schulz off balance momentarily.
Thomas looks to score with a jab to the body but Schulz is just out of range.
Schulz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Thomas.
Schulz waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Thomas.
Thomas takes a swing at Schulz's ribcage but misses.
Thomas tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Schulz was well out of range. Poor timing from Thomas.
Thomas tried to score with a low kick but Schulz checks it.
Thomas thuds a left hand into Schulz's body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schulz steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Thomas.
Thomas shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Schulz napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Thomas sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Schulz is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Thomas postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Schulz dodges the ground and pound from Thomas.
Thomas misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Thomas moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thomas trying to control the action but Schulz is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Gage Thomas will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Thomas lands with a shot to the body.
Schulz shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Thomas eats them both and turns towards Schulz to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Thomas rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Schulz moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Schulz moves away from the strike by Thomas.
Schulz misses with a body shot.
Thomas throws the left hand but Schulz avoids the punch easily.
Thomas throws a body kick that misses.
Thomas misses with a wild body shot.
Thomas thows a body shot but no joy.
Schulz throws a jab when Thomas was well out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Schulz looks to land a left hand but Thomas moved out of range nicely.
Schulz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Thomas.
Thomas with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Thomas scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Thomas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Left hook, right uppercut from Schulz.
Schulz avoids the body shot from Thomas.
Thomas tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Schulz was well out of range. Poor timing from Thomas.
Schulz on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Thomas has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Schulz finds it's way round the side to connect with Thomas's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thomas misses with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas lands a nice leg kick that just misses Schulz's sensitive parts.
Thomas tries to clinch up.
Thomas changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Thomas missing with a left hand there. Schulz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Thomas throws a lazy uppercut
and Schulz counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Thomas waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Schulz.
Schulz throws a right and a left that both miss.
A left lands for Schulz.
Gage Thomas seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Schulz lands a two punch combo.
Thomas lands with a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Thomas has Schulz up against the cage in a clinch.
Thomas prevents a body shot from Schulz.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Thomas just misses with a elbow thrown towards Schulz's brow.
Nice body punch from Schulz - that landed with a thud.
Thomas landing knees to the body.
Thomas lands an elbow inside.
Schulz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Thomas lands a right hand.
Thomas lands an elbow inside that Schulz shrugs off.
Thomas pushes Schulz back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thomas utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Thomas lands an elbow that stopped Schulz in his tracks for a moment.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Thomas.
Thomas lands with a short shot to the head.
Thomas throws an elbow but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Thomas throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Schulzs head.
Thomas unloads a knee to the mid-section. Schulz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Thomas lands a shoulder strike.
Thomas unloads a knee to the mid-section. Schulz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Thomas lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Schulz takes a knee right on the jaw!
Thomas lands a right hand.
Schulz is rocked!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Thomas.
Oh Schulz is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Thomas lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Thomas creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Thomas works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Thomas throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A short left from Thomas.
Thomas tries to land a knee to the head but Schulz blocks with his arms.
Thomas lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Thomas pulls back and lands a big elbow that stuns Schulz! Thomas unloads with more strikes and Schulz sinks to his knees! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gage Thomas!
Gage Thomas is the new middleweight champion!
Gage Thomas made sure to mention his sponsor, Hell's Balls Recovery (160) in his post fight interview.
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