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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Gary Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grigorio Escobar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grigorio Escobar is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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156 lbs
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155 lbs
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Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Gary Thomas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Grigorio Escobar!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Tarja Halkonen and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Escobar throws a leg kick but Thomas checks it.
Escobar blocks a jab.
Thomas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Escobar swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Thomas throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Thomas swings away with a body shot that misses
and Escobar counters with a stiff right hand.
Thomas lands a two punch combo.
Thomas misses with a body punch
and Escobar counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Thomas is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Thomas connects with a looping right hand.
A combination from Thomas does no damage.
Escobar throws a sloppy head kick and Thomas moves out of range easily.
Escobar throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Thomas sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Escobar throws a head kick that misses.
Thomas looks to land a right hand but Escobar moved out of range.
A big left from Thomas misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas misses with a body shot
and Escobar counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Escobar takes a jab right on the kisser.
Escobar clinches up with Thomas and pushes him back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Thomas.
Thomas lands a body shot.
Thomas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Thomas lands a right hand.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Thomas.
Escobar is trying to maintain a safe position but Thomas gets an underhook and turns Escobar into the cage.
Escobar softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Escobar working aggressively here.
Escobar's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Escobar scores with a nice hook to the head.
Escobar's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Thomas lands a hook that snaps the head of Escobar backwards.
Escobar prevents a body shot from Thomas.
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!
Escobar stalling in the clinch but Thomas improves position.
Escobar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Thomas is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Escobar wants to stall.
Escobar misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Thomas - that landed with a thud.
Thomas working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Thomas is trying to trip Escobar. He has hold of a leg but Escobar is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Thomas persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Thomas working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Thomas forces his way into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Thomas is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Thomas uses his free foot to push down on Escobar's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Escobar.
Thomas raining down hammerfists from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Escobar has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Escobar!
Thomas is pulling down on Escobar's head to control his posture.
Escobar trying to control but Thomas is working from the bottom.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Thomas is on top in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Escobar is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Thomas, into his guard.
Escobar trying to stand up but can't free himself from Thomas's guard.
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.
Gary Thomas dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Thomas throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Escobar.
Thomas throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Escobar on the side of the head.
Thomas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Escobar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Thomas misses with a wild body shot.
Thomas gets a takedown into half guard.
Thomas is thwarting Escobar's attempts to control the position.
Thomas is pressing down on Escobar's thigh, looking to free his foot. Escobar is holding on for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Escobar taking some punishment here, with Thomas in his half guard.
Thomas missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Thomas wants to lay and pray for a moment but Escobar keeps working.
Thomas thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Thomas not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Thomas scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Escobar tries to roll over but Thomas keeps him under control.
Escobar is defending against the submission attempts here by Thomas.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas is trying to control the action in half guard but Escobar is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Escobar really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Thomas. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Thomas performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Escobar slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Escobar looking to hit a scissor sweep but Thomas is one step ahead there.
Thomas might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas throws a strike but Escobar rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Escobar pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Thomas is keeping the position for now.
Thomas seems keen to control Escobar's posture.
Escobar is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gary Thomas has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Escobar misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Thomas throws a hook but Escobar avoids it easily.
Thomas dodges the punch combination from Escobar.
Thomas misses with a body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Escobar takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gary Thomas dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Thomas connects with a right hand. Escobar shakes it off.
Thomas misses with a left hand
and Escobar connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Thomas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Escobar paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Escobar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Thomas.
Thomas misses the jab.
Gary Thomas is winning the standup battle so far.
Thomas thows a left - swing and a miss!
Escobar stuffs the takedown attempt from Thomas. Thomas gets slowly back to his feet.
Thomas misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling Escobar to counter with a crisp jab.
Escobar throws out a loose jab but Thomas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Escobar drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Escobar ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Thomas fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Escobar avoids it really well and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar looks to land a combination but Thomas avoids it well.
Gary Thomas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Escobar walks into a left hand.
Escobar has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Thomas shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Escobar can't keep his opponent in guard - Thomas advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Thomas working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Escobar is refusing to be controlled, as Thomas sits in half guard.
Thomas lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Grigorio Escobar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Thomas sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Escobar defending well though.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thomas is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Escobar sees it coming and defends easily.
Thomas wants to lay and pray for a moment but Escobar keeps working.
Thomas works his foot free and advances to mount.
Thomas lands a heavy elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Thomas can't control as he wanted to and Escobar manages to get the fight back to his half guard.
Thomas is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Thomas wants to work for an arm triangle but Escobar is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas wants to lay and pray for a moment but Escobar keeps working.
Gary Thomas is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Thomas has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Thomas is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Escobar!
Escobar is in all sorts of trouble here.
Thomas lands with some strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Escobar is squirming around, avoiding Thomas's attempts to control the action.
Thomas working Escobar over with strikes here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gary Thomas showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Thomas 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gary Thomas!
Gary Thomas gave a mention to Fight Club Clothing est. 09™ in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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