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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Patch Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Subedei Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Khan's choice of entrance music: Prime Element - Reach For The Stars. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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170 cm
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155 lbs
10 - 4 - 0 |
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177 cm
24
159 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Patch Thomas! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Subedei Khan! The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Ben Zyskovitsi and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Khan misses with a looping right. Khan lands with a straight right. Thomas didn't see that one coming. Thomas slips under a jab from Khan. Khan moves in looking to clinch but Thomas pushes him off. Khan thows a left - swing and a miss! Thomas closes the distance and clinches up with Khan, looking for a takedown. Thomas pushes Khan against the cage but Khan circles to the side and manages to break the clinch. A momentary lapse in concentration from Khan enables Thomas to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Khan manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat. Khan preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Khan is looking to stand up but Thomas isn't so interested in that idea. Thomas advances to half guard. Khan is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Thomas scores with a couple of nice shots. Khan pushes Thomas off and gets back to his feet. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Thomas waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Khan. Thomas throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Khan's waist but Khan gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Thomas off to one side. Thomas shoots in but no luck this time. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Patch Thomas. That's going to take a lot out of him. Khan scores with a decent looking hook. Thomas uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Khan. Thomas shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Khan defends it nicely. Thomas bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round. Thomas shoots in but Khan avoids the takedown attempt easily. Thomas closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Khan did well to prevent Thomas getting side control. Thomas perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there. Khan wants to get back to his feet.
Thomas not landing any meaningful shots this time. Thomas prevents Khan from standing back up.
Thomas throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage. Thomas stops Khan from getting back to his feet.
Thomas missing with some ground and pound from the half guard. Khan is staying active underneath Thomas, who seems content to just control the action from this position. Khan wants to get back to his feet.
Thomas missing with the ground and pound from half guard. Khan is looking to escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Khan kicks Thomas off and gets back to his feet. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Khan stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Khan wants it to stay on the feet. Thomas shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Khan pinned against the cage. Khan gets the underhooks and manages to circle away. Subedei Khan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Thomas scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice. Thomas in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time. Khan managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Thomas.
Khan tries to escape but Thomas is in control. Khan takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head. Thomas prevents Khan from escaping the position. Thomas landing with strikes to the head and body from side control. Khan wants to get back to his feet but Thomas drags him back down. Thomas in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows. Khan is not content to let Thomas control the position. Thomas in side control, throwing shots but Khan defends.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Khan is trying to escape and get back to his feet. Khan managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Thomas.
Thomas 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.
Khan is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Thomas is controlling him well. Thomas misses with the ground and pound. Khan is trying to get back to his feet. Thomas remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while. Khan takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Khan is pushing Thomas's head away, looking to escape. Thomas manages to hold on to the position though. Thomas creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Khan wants to get back to his feet but Thomas drags him back down. Thomas landing a few strikes. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Khan is trying to get back to his feet. Thomas throwing shots but missing, from side control. Thomas looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Khan is avoiding damage well.
Thomas moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now. Khan pushes Thomas away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Thomas gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control. Thomas working the ground and pound but Khan is defending the strikes. Thomas cracks Khan with an elbow. That is naaassty. Thomas lands a nice forearm strike. Khan is trying to buck Thomas off. Khan taking a bit of punishment here - Thomas scoring with strikes. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Khan is not in a great position here, taking some shots. Khan pushes Thomas away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Thomas gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control. Thomas scores with a couple of short elbows. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Patch Thomas dominated that round. That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Thomas shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat. Thomas trying to control but Khan is working from the bottom. Khan pushes Thomas off and gets back to his feet.
Thomas changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Khan looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better. Thomas looks up at the clock and then as Khan takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Thomas smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Khan is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Thomas is controlling him well. Khan is working to avoid the ground and pound but Thomas connects with a decent elbow. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Khan is trying to buck Thomas off. Both fighters really going for it on the ground here! Thomas is chipping away with strikes.
Khan is rocked! Thomas scores with a couple of short elbows. Khan is still in real trouble! Can Thomas finish him? Thomas scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Khan is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Thomas can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Patch Thomas! After winning the bout, Patch Thomas thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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