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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Raven (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ace Espinoza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Espinoza is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: krolithika. Ace Espinoza told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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197 lbs
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220 lbs
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Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thomas Raven!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 7 - 1, fighting out of London, Ace Espinoza!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Chris Downing and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Raven throws a solid leg kick but Espinoza takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Raven.
Espinoza throws a right and a left that Raven avoids nicely.
Espinoza moves out of range as Raven strikes.
Espinoza falls off balance throwing a combination
and Raven counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Espinoza!
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Espinoza dodges the ground and pound from Raven.
Raven lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Espinoza down.
Raven scoring with punches and elbows.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Espinoza is looking to reverse the position.
The strikes coming from Raven are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Raven creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Espinoza looking for a sweep but Raven has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Espinoza is looking to improve his position but Raven isn't that keen on the idea.
Espinoza manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Espinoza on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Espinoza looking for submissions off his back.
Espinoza has hold of Raven's hands but Raven slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Raven prevents Espinoza from improving his position.
Nice strikes from Raven there.
Espinoza regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Raven.
Raven keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Espinoza's head.
Raven 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.
Espinoza is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Raven defends well.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Raven connects with a couple of short punches.
Raven postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Espinoza keeping full guard, as Raven tries to pass.
Raven scoring with punches to the head and body.
Raven postures up and lands a big shot to Espinoza's brow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Raven scoring with punches to the head and body.
Espinoza controls Raven momentarily but Raven frees himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Espinoza has momentary wrist control but Raven slips an elbow through the middle.
Raven in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Raven is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Espinoza looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Raven throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Espinoza works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Espinoza is trying to control the position but Raven postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Raven trying to control but Espinoza is working from the bottom.
Raven postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Raven throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Raven missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Raven is working Espinoza over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Raven with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Espinoza is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Raven defends well.
Raven content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Espinoza wants to stand up but Raven is controlling him.
Espinoza had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Raven defends it easily.
Espinoza has his feet on Raven's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Espinoza fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Raven.
It looks like Ace Espinoza has been cut.
Ace Espinoza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Espinoza tries to close the distance and clinch but Raven swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Espinoza throws a knee to the head but misses.
A right hand to the body from Raven.
Raven struggles to land a body shot inside as Espinoza controls his hands.
Raven throws a head punch that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raven tries to work over Espinoza's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Raven is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Espinoza is keeping busy.
Espinoza is trying to push Raven away but Raven has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Espinoza breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Espinoza moves in looking to clinch but Raven pushes him off.
Espinoza tries to clinch up.
Raven throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Espinoza on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Raven pivots, looking for a leg kick but Espinoza is out of range and Raven settles back down.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Raven takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A solid leg kick lands there for Raven.
Espinoza tries to close the distance and clinch up but Raven swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Raven missing with a left hand there. Espinoza was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thomas Raven dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ace Espinoza's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Raven avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A slow jab from Raven misses its intended target.
Raven tries to land a leg kick but Espinoza saw it coming and moves away.
Raven will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Sloppy strikes from Espinoza. Those never looked like landing.
Espinoza tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Raven swivels and escapes.
Espinoza is looking to score with low kicks.
Raven misses with a wild body shot.
The fighters circling - Raven throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Espinoza misses with a two punch combination.
Espinoza throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Raven.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Raven here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Espinoza misses with the combination.
Espinoza closes this distance looking for a takedown but Raven circles away.
Raven swats away the attempt to clinch by Espinoza.
Espinoza avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Espinoza is looking to clinch but Raven is avoiding it.
Raven bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Espinoza's head.
Espinoza fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Thomas Raven has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ace Espinoza.
Espinoza misses with a series of wild punches.
Raven throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Raven misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Espinoza.
Espinoza lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Raven circles away quickly and effectively.
Raven lands with an uppercut that bounces Espinoza off the cage and back into range.
Ace Espinoza is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Espinoza misses with the combination.
Espinoza moves out of range of the strikes.
Raven lands a jab to Espinoza's midsection.
No joy there for Espinoza, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Raven throws a solid leg kick but Espinoza takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Raven.
Espinoza falls off balance throwing a combination
and Raven makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Espinoza is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Raven defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Espinoza.
Raven finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Raven swings widly with a right hand
and Espinoza counters with a one-two to the body.
Raven with a nice cross.
Espinoza ducks under a wild hook from Raven.
Raven throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Espinoza doesn't manage to clinch there - Raven circles away.
Raven circles away from the clinch attempt.
Raven swings for the body but Espinoza moves out of range.
Espinoza misses with a series of wild punches.
Espinoza's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Raven connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Espinoza scrambles back to his feet.
Raven jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Raven swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Thomas Raven is winning the standup battle so far.
Espinoza throws a right hand that Raven ducks under and follows up with a left that Raven also avoids with ease.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Espinoza shoots in and drives through. Raven sprawls well.
Espinoza is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Raven fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Raven throws a low kick but Espinoza avoids it.
Raven feints and as Espinoza raises his hands in defense, Raven changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Raven with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Raven working some strikes from top position.
Espinoza working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Raven.
Raven scoring with some ground and pound.
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!
Raven content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Raven stops Espinoza from standing up.
Raven working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Espinoza's head.
Raven content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Raven passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Raven scoring with punches and elbows.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raven grinds an elbow into Espinoza's temple.
Raven advances nicely into full mount.
Espinoza can't escape the position.
Raven looking to finish Espinoza with some ground and pound. This is bad for Espinoza!
Raven fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Raven putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Espinoza is rocked!
Raven cracks Espinoza with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thomas Raven!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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