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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between JJ Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chuck Huggins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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177 lbs
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170 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, JJ Thomas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Chuck Huggins!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Chris Saunders and Paul Gruel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas with a lazy takedown attempt
enabling Huggins to counter with a crisp jab.
Thomas will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Thomas closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Thomas fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for JJ Thomas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Thomas shoots in for a takedown but Huggins shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Huggins keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Thomas.
Thomas fails with a takedown attempt.
Thomas is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Huggins fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Thomas has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Thomas will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
JJ Thomas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thomas fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Huggins clinches up with Thomas and pushes him back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Thomas jumps guard but Huggins stands there with Thomas around his waist. Thomas gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A short right from Huggins on the inside.
Huggins makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Huggins creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Huggins scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short right from Huggins.
Thomas tries to pull guard but Huggins won't allow it.
Huggins lands with a right to the head.
Huggins lands a left hand.
Huggins lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Thomas backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A right handed body shot lands from Huggins.
A short left from Huggins.
Huggins throws a head punch that misses.
Thomas blocks a body shot from Huggins.
Huggins struggles to land a body shot inside as Thomas controls his hands.
Huggins tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Thomas jumps guard but Huggins stands there with Thomas around his waist. Thomas gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thomas jumps guard but Huggins turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Huggins obliges.
Thomas's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Huggins lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huggins lands a body punch.
Huggins throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Huggins lands a body punch in the clinch.
Huggins lands a body punch.
Huggins works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A right hook to the body lands for Huggins.
A right handed body shot lands from Huggins.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short uppercut from Huggins.
Huggins lands a nice elbow.
Huggins makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Huggins lands with a left to the head.
A short left from Huggins.
Huggins gets through Thomas's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Huggins lands a left hand that snaps the head of Thomas backwards.
A short uppercut from Huggins.
Thomas is rocked!
Huggins drops Thomas onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Thomas is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Oh Thomas is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Huggins working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nice elbow from Huggins.
Thomas takes a shot to the head.
Huggins dips a shoulder and cracks Thomas with a mighty uppercut! Thomas falls back against the cage and Huggins unloads with a barrage of strikes! Thomas is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Huggins screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chuck Huggins!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
67% |
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