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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mister Deeds (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Claude Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Deeds comes to the cage accompanied by Palmdale by Afroman. Thompson has chosen Goldie - by ASAP Rocky as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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155 lbs
9 - 8 - 0 |
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158 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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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
9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mister Deeds!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Claude Thompson!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Ian Loll and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thompson clobbers Deeds with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Deeds takes one on the button.
Thompson drives through with a takedown into Deeds's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Deeds tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Thompson wants to pass the guard but Deeds is keeping the position.
Deeds is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Thompson throwing strikes but missing.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Thompson's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thompson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Thompson lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Thompson lands a couple of digs.
Deeds knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Thompson on the ground.
Thompson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Deeds is trying to control the position but Thompson postures up.
Thompson landing with the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson throwing strikes but missing.
Deeds utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Thompson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Thompson wants to control from the top but Deeds keeps moving.
Thompson scoring with some ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Thompson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Deeds trying to keep a closed guard but Thompson is proving a slippery customer.
Thompson drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Thompson jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Deeds utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Thompson looking to pass the guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Deeds trying to keep a closed guard but Thompson is proving a slippery customer.
Thompson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Deeds looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Thompson stands up over Deeds, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Deeds is on top in guard.
Deeds stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Thompson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thompson managing to control the position.
Deeds postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson looking for a guillotine here but Deeds defends easily.
Thompson isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Deeds stacks Thompson on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Deeds!
Thompson tries to improve position but can't.
Thompson can't do much from the bottom here.
Thompson is trying to improve his position.
Deeds is looking to take a break and control but Thompson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Thompson is trying to get back to half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Deeds trying to control the position but Thompson is working away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thompson is letting Deeds control him for a moment.
Deeds trying to control the action but Thompson is working from the bottom.
Thompson is trying to control Deeds's posture but Deeds avoids it.
Deeds controls the position from side control.
Thompson keeping his opponent close.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Mister Deeds.
Deeds wants to clinch up but Thompson keeps it at a distance.
Thompson lands with an uppercut that bounces Deeds off the cage and back into range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Claude Thompson 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.
Thompson shoots in looking for a takedown. Deeds tries to sprawl out of it but Thompson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Deeds manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Thompson misses with a few strikes there.
Deeds throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Deeds fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Deeds thows a leg kick but Thompson checks it
and Thompson counters with a series of strikes. Deeds will be more careful next time no doubt.
Claude Thompson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Deeds takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Deeds lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thompson tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Deeds swivels and escapes.
Some wild striking there from Deeds.
Deeds is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Thompson moves into the clinch successfully.
Still in the clinch, Deeds scores with a nice short uppercut.
Deeds digs a right hand underneath Thompson's ribcage. Thompson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Thompson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Thompson connects with a knee to the head.
Thompson lands a knee to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson looking to throw knees to the head but Deeds is blocking nicely.
Thompson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Thompson tries to land a knee to the head but Deeds blocks with his arms.
Deeds lands with a light punch inside.
Deeds swings wildly with an uppercut but Thompson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thompson is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Deeds is defending well.
Mister Deeds has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Claude Thompson.
Thompson tries to score a body lock takedown but Deeds shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Deeds misses with a hook to the ribs.
Deeds escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Thompson has his takedown stuffed
and Deeds counters with a nice leg kick.
Thompson is breathing heavily.
A punch combination from Thompson misses.
Thompson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Deeds throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Deeds tries to close the distance and clinch but Thompson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Deeds jabs Thompson to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Thompson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Deeds shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Thompson eats them both and turns towards Deeds to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
It looks like Claude Thompson has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Deeds fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Thompson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Thompson throws a right and a left that both miss.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Thompson checks a leg kick.
Thompson changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Deeds looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Deeds tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Thompson wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Thompson looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Thompson creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Deeds sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Deeds tries to improve position but can't.
Thompson in side control, throwing shots but Deeds defends.
Thompson swings around for an armbar but Deeds sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Thompson's guard.
Thompson wants to sweep here but Deeds controlling him for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Deeds is wriggling around trying to escape.
Thompson swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Deeds is now in Thompson's guard. A big mistake from Thompson there, giving up the dominant position!
Thompson wants to sweep here but Deeds controlling him for the moment.
Thompson keeping moving, preventing Deeds from controlling successfully.
Thompson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Thompson is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Deeds wants to control from the top but Thompson keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Deeds's corner is telling him to maintain position.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Mister Deeds has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Thompson blocks a head kick by Deeds.
A head kick misses from Deeds.
Deeds will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Thompson looking to score a takedown here. Deeds is defending well but Thompson drives through and ends up in Deeds's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thompson makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Thompson is looking to work some ground and pound but Deeds has wrist control.
Thompson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Deeds has momentary wrist control but Thompson slips an elbow through the middle.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Deeds has his hands on Thompson's head, controlling the position.
Thompson lands a couple of digs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Claude Thompson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Claude Thompson's cut.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Thompson connects with a right hand. Deeds shakes it off.
Deeds fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Deeds moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Deeds throws a hook but Thompson blocks it.
Deeds buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Thompson gets a takedown into half guard.
Deeds gets full guard.
Thompson postures up in Deeds's guard and throws a big left but Deeds blocks it.
Thompson scoring with punches to the head and body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thompson throws an elbow that misses. Deeds uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Thompson's guard. Nice move by Deeds!
Claude Thompson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Thompson working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Deeds doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Deeds manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Thompson keeping moving, preventing Deeds from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Deeds manages to get himself to full guard.
Deeds is trying to control the position but Thompson postures up.
Thompson postures up and lands a big shot to Deeds's brow.
Deeds looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Thompson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Deeds working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Thompson.
Thompson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Thompson distracts Deeds with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Thompson scoring with punches to the head and body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Deeds is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Mister Deeds has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Deeds keeping moving, preventing Thompson from controlling successfully.
Thompson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
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!
Thompson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Deeds works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Thompson keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Deeds's head.
Thompson keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Deeds's head.
Deeds working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Thompson.
Thompson slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Thompson is looking to work some ground and pound but Deeds has wrist control.
Thompson scoring with some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson looking to pass the guard.
Thompson won't allow Deeds to sweep him here.
Thompson trying to control the position from guard on top but Deeds is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Thompson postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Thompson throws a big right hand that misses.
Thompson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Deeds preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Thompson's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Thompson landing with the ground and pound.
Thompson lands a couple of digs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thompson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Thompson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Deeds preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Thompson stays in close to Deeds's body and controls the position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thompson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Thompson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Deeds keeping moving, preventing Thompson from controlling successfully.
Deeds is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Deeds looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Claude Thompson is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Thompson looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
And that's the end of the fight!
Claude Thompson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Thompson 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 27:30
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Claude Thompson!
Our winner, Claude Thompson, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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