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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Weaver Zee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Terry Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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220 lbs
8 - 0 - 0 |
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188 cm
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222 lbs
10 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
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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
8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Weaver Zee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Terry Thompson!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Hugh Johnson and John Mangel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zee shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Thompson is pressing down on Zee's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Zee prevents Thompson from getting back to his feet.
Thompson is trying to keep Zee in close.
Zee working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Zee trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Zee throwing strikes but missing.
Zee trying to control the position from guard on top but Thompson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Thompson controlling the position.
Zee's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Zee working some strikes from top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zee preventing the sweep.
Zee 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zee pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Thompson is keeping the position for now.
Zee controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
A jab lands there for Thompson.
Thompson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Zee.
Zee tries to keep at a distance but Thompson has taken the fight into the clinch.
Zee prevents a body shot from Thompson.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Thompson.
Zee blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Thompson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Zee.
Thompson misses with a punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zee lands an uppercut.
Thompson throws a punch but it's blocked by Zee.
Thompson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thompson misses with some punches.
Thompson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Zee blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zee lands a left hand that snaps the head of Thompson backwards.
Zee lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Zee lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Zee landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Thompson is trying to maintain the position but Zee is very close to passing his half guard.
Zee throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Thompson wants to get back to his feet.
Zee trying to pass the guard but Thompson defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson has hold of Zee's hands but Zee slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Zee wants to pass the guard but Thompson is defending well.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Zee prevents Thompson from improving his position.
Zee seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Zee missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Thompson wants to get back to full guard.
Zee throwing shots but Thompson is blocking nicely.
Zee trying to pass the guard but Thompson defending well.
Zee is looking for a kimura but Thompson is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Zee to get the leverage.
Zee with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Zee stops Thompson from getting back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zee not landing any meaningful shots this time.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zee lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Thompson moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Zee keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Thompson's head.
Zee pushes down on Thompson's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Zee not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Thompson trying to control here.
Thompson is trying to stand back up but Zee is controlling him
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zee moves nicely into side control.
Zee tries for a kimura but Thompson is defending well.
Zee has an Americana. Thompson didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Zee is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Zee hooks up with any of them at the after show party.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Weaver Zee!
Weaver Zee seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
Terry Thompson was interviewed post fight and said 'Shiit!'.
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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
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