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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Benny Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Amos The Facebreaker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Benny Thompson has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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240 lbs
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260 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Benny Thompson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Amos The Facebreaker!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, John Roberts and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Facebreaker closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Thompson is trying to buck The Facebreaker off.
The Facebreaker trying to control the position but Thompson is working away.
The Facebreaker lands an elbow.
Thompson stops The Facebreaker from passing to mount.
Thompson is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, The Facebreaker asserts his dominance and retains side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Facebreaker decides to stand up, so the ref orders Thompson to his feet.
The Facebreaker gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Thompson throws a combination that misses
and The Facebreaker counters by clinching up.
The Facebreaker works on Thompson's body with a couple of short punches.
The Facebreaker's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The Facebreaker will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Thompson avoids the head kick by The Facebreaker.
The Facebreaker misses with the combination.
The Facebreaker uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Thompson.
The Facebreaker is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
The Facebreaker looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by The Facebreaker.
Benny Thompson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Thompson looks to score with a jab to the body but The Facebreaker is just out of range.
The Facebreaker tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Thompson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Thompson throws a solid leg kick but The Facebreaker takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Thompson.
Benny Thompson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The Facebreaker takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Thompson misses with a few strikes there.
The Facebreaker moves out of range of the strikes.
Thompson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The Facebreaker throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Thompson's head.
It looks like Benny Thompson has been cut.
The Facebreaker has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Thompson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Thompson throws a right and a left that The Facebreaker avoids nicely.
Thompson throws a sloppy head kick and The Facebreaker moves out of range easily.
Thompson moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
The Facebreaker lands with a nice body kick.
Thompson is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Facebreaker keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
The Facebreaker moves into the clinch successfully.
The Facebreaker tries to pull guard but Thompson won't allow it.
Thompson is trying to break the clinch but The Facebreaker has him pressed against the cage.
The Facebreaker manages to break the clinch.
The Facebreaker manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Thompson on his heels. He'll look to pass Thompson's guard now, I'm sure.
The Facebreaker trying to control but Thompson is working from the bottom.
The Facebreaker trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The Facebreaker trying to control but Thompson is working from the bottom.
The Facebreaker must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Amos The Facebreaker has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
The Facebreaker takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Thompson looks to land a right hand but The Facebreaker moved out of range.
A big left from Thompson misses.
Good leg kick by Thompson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
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!
The Facebreaker shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. The Facebreaker showed some decent athleticism there.
The Facebreaker trying to control from half guard but Thompson is working away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thompson wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Amos The Facebreaker dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Benny Thompson's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Thompson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Thompson throws a head kick but The Facebreaker moves out of range.
The Facebreaker fails to land the takedown.
The Facebreaker is looking to clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Thompson. Those never looked like landing.
The Facebreaker has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
The Facebreaker moves in looking to clinch but Thompson pushes him off.
The Facebreaker shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Thompson counters with a left right combination that sends The Facebreaker crashing to the mat - Thompson wastes no time in diving on top of him and pounding The Facebreaker out for a TKO! Devastating finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Benny Thompson!
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