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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jason Michaels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Wade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Michaels's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Invaders Must Die - The Prodigy. Wade is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Are You Ready?. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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170 lbs
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165 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jason Michaels!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Thomas Wade!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Albert Achterberg and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wade looks for a takedown but Michaels sprawls well.
Wade blocks a jab.
Michaels connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Wade shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Michaels sprawls well. Michaels wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Wade gets slowly back to his feet.
Michaels connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Wade momentarily.
Michaels connects with a jab.
Wade will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Jason Michaels has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thomas Wade.
Michaels looks to land a right hand but Wade moved out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wade takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Michaels throws a lazy right hand but Wade sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Michaels throws a lazy uppercut
and Wade decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Michaels's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Wade accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Wade scoring with punches to the head and body.
Wade content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Wade throws a strike but Michaels rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wade tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Michaels might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wade bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Michaels's guard.
Michaels wants to stand but Wade is controlling the position.
Wade postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wade throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Michaels works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Wade accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Michaels working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Wade.
Wade with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wade throwing strikes from guard but Michaels blocks nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wade loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Michaels utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Wade trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Wade throwing strikes but missing.
Wade throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Michaels works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Wade scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Wade loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Wade is looking to work some ground and pound but Michaels has wrist control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wade throws a strike but Michaels rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Wade trying to control the position here.
Wade is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thomas Wade dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Nice defenses there by Wade.
Wade ducks under a wild hook from Michaels.
Wade closes the distance and clinches up with Michaels, looking for a takedown. Wade pushes Michaels against the cage but Michaels circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Michaels tries to sprawl but Wade drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Michaels avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Wade.
Michaels keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Michaels is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Wade scores with a couple of nice shots.
Wade not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Wade missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wade lands strikes from half guard.
Wade misses with a head shot. Michaels uses the momentum to regain guard.
Wade in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Wade is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Wade throwing strikes from guard but Michaels blocks nicely.
Wade is looking to work some ground and pound but Michaels has wrist control.
Wade postures up in Michaels's guard and throws a big left but Michaels blocks it.
Wade throwing strikes but missing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wade postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Wade trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Wade postures up in Michaels's guard and throws a big left but Michaels blocks it.
Michaels working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Wade.
Wade working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Michaels has momentary wrist control but Wade slips an elbow through the middle.
Wade throws a big right hand that misses.
Wade missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wade throws an elbow that misses. Michaels uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Wade's guard. Nice move by Michaels!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Michaels preventing the sweep.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Michaels would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Wade controlling the position.
We're going to have a standup here because Jason Michaels wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Wade shoots in looking for a takedown. Michaels tries to sprawl out of it but Wade keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Michaels manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wade defending well as Michaels loads up on a big left hand.
Michaels misses with a body shot.
Michaels moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Michaels avoids the body shot from Wade.
Jason Michaels seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Wade.
Jason Michaels has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thomas Wade.
The fighters circling - Michaels throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thomas Wade showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Michaels looks to land a right hand but Wade moved out of range.
Wade shoots in looking for a takedown but Michaels manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Wade's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Michaels getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Michaels misses the shot to the body.
Michaels throws a hook to the side of Wade's head but Wade sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Michaels scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Wade doesn't seem bothered though.
Wade uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Michaels.
Michaels throws a hook to the side of Wade's head but Wade sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Michaels misses with a hook. Wade ducked under it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Wade throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Michaels is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Michaels swings widly with a right hand
and Wade cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Michaels throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wade ducks right into an uppercut from Michaels.
Wade shoots in and drives through. Michaels sprawls well.
Michaels throws a body punch but Wade moves out of range.
Wade tries to score a power double leg takedown but Michaels sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Wade somewhat.
Jason Michaels has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thomas Wade.
Wade moves out of range of the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wade will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Michaels looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Michaels waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Wade.
Wade moves forwards but Michaels connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Jason Michaels is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wade throws a front kick aimed at Michaels's knee but Michaels avoids it well.
Jason Michaels has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Michaels misses with an uppercut. Wade saw that one coming.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Wade.
Wade fails to land the takedown.
Wade shoots in for a takedown but Michaels shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A swing and a miss from Michaels.
Michaels throws a right hand that misses
and Wade counters with a nice double leg into side control. Michaels won't be happy with that.
Michaels on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Michaels tries to get out of the position.
Wade working the ground and pound but Michaels is defending the strikes.
Wade throws a strike aimed at the side of Michaels's head but Michaels avoids it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wade throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Wade landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Wade scores with a couple of short elbows.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wade fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Wade working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Wade cracks Michaels with a big right hand but Michaels just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Wade working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Michaels takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wade working the head with strikes.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Thomas Wade.
I've got Wade winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Daniel Blasius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 27:30
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thomas Wade!
Thomas Wade took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Untouchable Fight Gear for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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