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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Clawnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Les Sobrante (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Clawnes comes to the cage accompanied by My name is MUD. Sobrante is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Primus - Fisticuffs. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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221 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Decent boxing
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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
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thomas Clawnes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Les Sobrante!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A chopping leg kick lands by Clawnes.
Clawnes is looking to clinch but Sobrante is avoiding it.
Clawnes misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Clawnes forces Sobrante back against the cage and clinches.
Sobrante jumps guard but Clawnes stands there with Sobrante around his waist. Sobrante gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Clawnes lands an elbow that stopped Sobrante in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like Les Sobrante has been cut.
Sobrante has a couple of punches blocked by Clawnes.
Clawnes pushes off an throws an elbow but Sobrante leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sobrante takes a shot to the head.
Clawnes lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sobrante takes an elbow to the temple.
Sobrante avoiding damage as Clawnes throws knees to the body.
Clawnes lands a damaging elbow.
Clawnes lands an elbow just above Sobrante 's eye.
Sobrante avoids a wild elbow strike from Clawnes.
Clawnes lands an elbow inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Clawnes throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sobrante blocks an elbow strike from Clawnes.
Clawnes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sobrante fails with a takedown attempt.
Sobrante ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Clawnes moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sobrante fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Clawnes avoids it really well and circles away.
Thomas Clawnes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Les Sobrante.
A nice combination there by Clawnes.
Clawnes throws a nice looking combination but Sobrante bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Clawnes tries to clinch up.
Sobrante shoots in and bounces Clawnes off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Clawnes looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sobrante is one step ahead there.
Sobrante stands and throws Clawnes's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Sobrante has knee on belly and moves into mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Clawnes is looking to improve his position but Sobrante isn't that keen on the idea.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clawnes is working hard here to advance position.
Sobrante is working for a guillotine from mount but Clawnes frees his head quite easily.
We've been hearing good reports from Clawnes's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Clawnes is trying to escape the mount.
Clawnes defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Sobrante.
Clawnes is wriggling around trying to escape.
Sobrante looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Sobrante is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Clawnes can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Sobrante has control of Clawnes's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Clawnes regains control of the situation pretty easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clawnes tries to reverse the position but Sobrante maintains control.
Clawnes regains half guard.
Sobrante trying to pass the guard but Clawnes defending well.
Clawnes makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Clawnes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Clawnes is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Sobrante passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Clawnes stops Sobrante from passing to mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Clawnes is looking to reverse the position.
Sobrante looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sobrante has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Clawnes!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Clawnes gets back to half guard.
Clawnes wants to get back to full guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sobrante tries to pass to full mount but Clawnes defends it.
Clawnes works his way to full guard. Good work.
Sobrante stopping the sweep attempt from Clawnes.
Sobrante wants to pass the guard but Clawnes is keeping the position.
Clawnes looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Clawnes working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Sobrante doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Clawnes is tightening it up a little... Sobrante has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Sobrante reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Sobrante taps out! Nice BJJ there by Clawnes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Thomas Clawnes!
A very excited looking Thomas Clawnes rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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hype
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