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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Gauge Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martin Morales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morales is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Por Ser Mexicano. Martin Morales has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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176 cm
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130 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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165 cm
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145 lbs
2 - 9 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Self confident |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gauge Thomas! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
2 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Martin Morales! The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yuuki Gou and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Morales lands with a good body shot. No luck with that takedown attempt from Thomas. No luck with that takedown attempt from Thomas. Morales's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Morales duly obliges. Gauge Thomas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Thomas shoots in looking for a takedown. Morales tries to sprawl out of it but Thomas keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Morales manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gauge Thomas. That's going to take a lot out of him. Morales stuffs the takedown attempt from Thomas. Thomas gets slowly back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round. Thomas closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Morales did well to prevent Thomas getting side control. We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon. Thomas in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Morales tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Thomas!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Gauge Thomas! Gauge Thomas bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
16% |
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