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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mark Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wahid ShaQuan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). ShaQuan is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Nissim. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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168 lbs
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185 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Inexperienced |
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mark Thomas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Wahid ShaQuan!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Paul Tew and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Thomas lands in his opponent's guard.
Thomas in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Thomas gets to his feet. ShaQuan looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Thomas throws a combination but it was largely blocked by ShaQuan.
The crowd cheers as ShaQuan lands an impressive looking overhand right. Thomas doesn't seem phased though.
Mark Thomas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
ShaQuan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Thomas gets a takedown into half guard.
Thomas wants to pass to mount but ShaQuan is defending the position.
Thomas 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.
Thomas controlling the action here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas trying to control from half guard but ShaQuan is working away.
ShaQuan is looking to improve his position.
Thomas content to control rather than advance.
Nice strikes from Thomas there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Thomas gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Thomas just misses with a punch to the body.
Thomas closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Thomas tries to advance to mount but ShaQuan denies him.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Thomas slows the pace down.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
ShaQuan is trying to control Thomas's posture but Thomas avoids it.
Thomas scores with punches from side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas taking a breather here.
Thomas lands some shots froms side control.
ShaQuan is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Thomas passes to full mount! That's big trouble for ShaQuan!
Thomas sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Thomas has isolated one of ShaQuan's arms. ShaQuan looking to fight him off but Thomas twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Mark Thomas!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
34% |
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