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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arthur Pandora (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pandora has chosen Gonna Fly Now as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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176 lbs
11 - 9 - 1 |
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181 lbs
21 - 19 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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ADCC Champion
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Thompson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Arthur Pandora!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Aafke Stam and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slapping body kick lands there for Pandora.
Pandora pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Pandora pushes Thompson away with a front kick.
Pandora tries to clinch there but Thompson circles away.
Thompson is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Pandora's half guard.
Still in half guard, Thompson seems content to control.
Thompson wants to work for an arm triangle but Pandora is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Pandora looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Thompson is working for a kimura but Pandora is defending it quite comfortably.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pandora is trying to stand back up but Thompson is controlling him
Thompson seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Pandora gets back to full guard.
Thompson works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Pandora wants to control but Thompson passes into side.
Thompson tries to score with some ground and pound. Pandora controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pandora is trying to get back to half guard.
Thompson misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Thompson wants to control but Pandora is keeping him busy.
Pandora is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Thompson is controlling him well.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Thompson just content to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pandora is looking for a sweep.
Thompson 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.
Thompson wants to control but Pandora is keeping him busy.
Thompson working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Pandora tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Thompson working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Pandora sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thompson throwing shots but Pandora is blocking nicely.
Thompson not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Thompson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Pandora defending well though.
Pandora actively working from the bottom here.
Thompson prevents Pandora from improving his position.
Thompson 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.
The fighters are battling for position here. Pandora manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thompson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Thompson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Pandora is looking for a triangle here but Thompson uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Thompson dominated that round.
That's time! Thompson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Pandora lands with a kick to the ribs.
John Thompson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thompson throws a jab but it's blocked by Pandora.
Thompson blocks the body kick.
Thompson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Thompson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Thompson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Pandora pivots, looking for a leg kick but Thompson is out of range and Pandora settles back down.
Thompson cracks Pandora with an open hand slap.
Thompson moves out of range of the body kick.
Pandora wants to slow Thompson down by chopping away at his legs.
Thompson blocks the body kick.
Thompson circles away from the clinch attempt
and Thompson counters with a nice double leg into side control. Pandora won't be happy with that.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Pandora sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Pandora tries to buck Thompson off but Thompson is having none of it.
Thompson wants to control for a moment but Pandora uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Thompson works his way into full mount!
Pandora is looking to improve his position but Thompson isn't that keen on the idea.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pandora wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Thompson.
Thompson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Pandora is looking to escape.
Thompson thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Thompson looking to control but Pandora is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Thompson throwing strikes but Pandora bucks up and reverses the position. He's now in guard on top.
Pandora throws a big elbow that misses.
Pandora looking to pass the guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pandora is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Thompson is looking for a triangle but Pandora pushes his legs off easily.
Thompson manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Thompson misses with a head shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thompson prevents Pandora from getting the reversal.
John Thompson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Thompson jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Pandora manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Thompson cracks Pandora with a big right hand but Pandora just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Thompson wants to control but Pandora is keeping him busy.
Pandora is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pandora dodges the ground and pound from Thompson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Thompson dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
A jab from Thompson misses.
Thompson throws a body punch but Pandora moves out of range.
Thompson lands a really nice looking cross but Pandora seems unphased.
Thompson moves out of range of the body kick from Pandora.
Pandora moves out of range of the strikes.
No joy there for Thompson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pandora on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Thompson lands a lovely overhand right.
Thompson looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Thompson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Pandora defending well though.
Thompson missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Thompson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Pandora's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Pandora is trying to stand.
Thompson is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Pandora defends it well.
Thompson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Pandora gets back to full guard.
Thompson passes into half guard.
Thompson looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pandora is defending against the submission attempts here by Thompson.
Pandora wants to get back to full guard but Thompson has mounted him!
Thompson looking to finish with strikes here!
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Thompson punching from mount but Pandora doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Thompson controlling the position easily from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pandora is trying desperately to improve position.
Thompson thowing shots but they're missing.
Pandora is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Thompson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Thompson trying to control but Pandora is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pandora tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Thompson looking to control and managing it successfully.
Thompson's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Thompson clearly takes that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Pandora avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Thompson throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Thompson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Thompson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Pandora - that will leave a mark!
Thompson just misses with a punch to the body.
Pandora throws a low kick but Thompson moves out of range easily.
Thompson misses with a straight left.
John Thompson is winning the standup battle so far.
Pandora misses with a kick to the body.
Thompson misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Thompson misses its intended target.
Thompson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Pandora circles away.
Thompson throws a combination. Pandora tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
A looping hook to the body misses from Thompson. Pandora does a little dance to reset his feet.
Thompson misses with a combination
and Pandora counters with a takedown into side control.
Pandora lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thompson wants to control but Pandora postures up.
Thompson is trying to get back to half guard.
Pandora thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson is looking to reverse the position.
Thompson struggling a bit here.
Pandora goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Thompson has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Pandora but great work by Thompson.
Pandora prevents Thompson from improving position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Pandora has escaped the position, nice work there.
Thompson working away.
Pandora is not content to let Thompson control the position.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Pandora can't do much from the bottom here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thompson looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Thompson tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Thompson postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Thompson sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Pandora is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Thompson had his way with Arthur Pandora in that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Thompson throws an off balance right hand
and Pandora counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Thompson wants to sweep here but Pandora controlling him for the moment.
Pandora stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Thompson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Pandora would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Pandora stopping the sweep attempt from Thompson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson is working hard here to advance position.
Thompson controlling Pandora's posture.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Sloppy strikes from Thompson. Those never looked like landing.
Arthur Pandora has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pandora pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Thompson throws a big shot that misses.
Thompson blocks the body kick.
Pandora lands a front kick.
Pandora misses with a body kick.
Thompson throws a combination that misses
and Pandora counters with a nice double leg into side control. Thompson won't be happy with that.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thompson sneaks back into half guard.
Thompson moves into full guard.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Thompson has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Pandora has passed into side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pandora tries for a kimura but Thompson is defending well.
Thompson gets back to half guard.
Thompson trying to control but Pandora postures up.
Thompson has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Pandora escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Pandora!
Pandora working the body and head with strikes.
John Thompson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pandora tries to move to mount but Thompson blocks the move with his legs.
Pandora lands a few punches from side control.
Thompson is trying to improve his position.
Thompson sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Thompson wants to control but Pandora passes into side.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thompson is trying to control Pandora's posture but Pandora avoids it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Arthur Pandora comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Thompson 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 49:46
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 49:46
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Thompson!
After the fight, John Thompson was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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