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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Brooks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Brooks's choice of entrance music: Lightning does the work. Jason Brooks is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jimmy Thompson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jason Brooks!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from Brooks misses.
Brooks misses with an uppercut. Thompson saw that one coming.
Brooks ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Thompson moves away.
Thompson moves out of range as Brooks throws a body kick.
Brooks tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Thompson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Brooks tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Thompson tries to clinch but Brooks moves out of range.
Brooks fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Brooks tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Thompson avoids the head kick by Brooks.
Thompson avoids the body shot from Brooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brooks fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Brooks looks gassed!
Thompson fails to land the takedown.
Thompson doesn't manage to clinch there - Brooks circles away.
Brooks throws a hook but Thompson blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson has closed the distance and engaged Brooks in a clinch.
Brooks on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Thompson prevents Brooks from breaking the clinch.
Brooks wants a takedown.
Jimmy Thompson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason Brooks.
Brooks has had enough of the clinch but Thompson keeps him there for the moment.
Thompson missing with knees to the body.
Brooks escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Thompson tries to clinch up.
Brooks throws a hook but Thompson blocks it.
Brooks throws a push kick but Thompson slaps the foot to one side.
Brooks avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Thompson moves in looking to clinch but Brooks pushes him off.
Thompson tries to clinch up.
Thompson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Brooks throws a series of punches but Thompson avoids them all with ease.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Brooks has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Thompson avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Thompson slows down the pace here.
Thompson tries to land knees in the clinch but Brooks avoids the damage to the body.
Brooks fails to pull guard.
Thompson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Brooks blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Thompson slowing the pace effectively.
Brooks managing to block the knees to the body from Thompson.
Knees to the body from Thompson.
Thompson stalling the fight.
Brooks blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Thompson pressing his opponent against the cage.
Thompson trying to land knees to the body.
Thompson scores a nice knee to the body.
Thompson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brooks lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Thompson is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Thompson missing with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson slowing the pace effectively.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jimmy Thompson.
Thompson is looking to clinch.
Thompson avoids the head kick by Brooks.
Thompson rushes Brooks and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Thompson trying to land knees to the body.
Brooks wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Thompson missing with knees to the body.
Brooks stops a takedown attempt from Thompson.
Brooks blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Brooks is trying to break the clinch but Thompson has him pressed against the cage.
Thompson will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Brooks up against the cage.
Thompson tries to land knees in the clinch but Brooks avoids the damage to the body.
Brooks blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Thompson has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Brooks is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Brooks wants to break free but Thompson has control.
Brooks is trying to break free.
Thompson taking a breather.
Thompson tries for a takedown but Brooks manages to get underhooks.
That's four 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.
Thompson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brooks.
A short right from Brooks on the inside.
Brooks wants to get back to striking at distance but Thompson won't allow it.
Thompson dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Brooks wants to break free but Thompson has control.
Brooks blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Brooks tries to break the clinch but Thompson is controlling the position.
Brooks tries to break the clinch but Thompson is controlling the position.
Brooks has had enough of the clinch but Thompson keeps him there for the moment.
Thompson has Brooks pressed against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Thompson.
Thompson missing with knees to the body.
Brooks on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Brooks wants to break free but Thompson has control.
Thompson stalling against the cage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Thompson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Brooks on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Thompson is trying to stall.
Brooks lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Thompson or not.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jimmy Thompson dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Thompson keeps the fight on the outside.
Brooks pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Brooks misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Thompson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Brooks.
Thompson tries to clinch but Brooks is having none of it.
Brooks tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Thompson counters by moving into the clinch.
Brooks wants to get back to striking at distance but Thompson won't allow it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The referee calls for Thompson to work.
Thompson landing knees to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Thompson.
Thompson seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Thompson has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Brooks clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brooks is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
Brooks holding both Thompson 's hands and preventing any damage.
Thompson landing with strikes.
Thompson scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Thompson.
Thompson lands strikes to the head.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
Brooks wants to get back to his feet.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Brooks is looking for a way out.
Thompson has good solid back control here.
Brooks has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Thompson lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Thompson 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.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Thompson controlling the positon.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Thompson lands a shot to the body.
Thompson biding his time, controlling Brooks.
Thompson lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Jimmy Thompson just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
No luck for Brooks with that takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Thompson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Brooks swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Thompson has closed the distance and engaged Brooks in a clinch.
Brooks wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Thompson manages to break the clinch.
Thompson gets a clinch.
Thompson landing knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Thompson.
Thompson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Brooks is fighting off a takedown attempt but Thompson is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Brooks to the mat. Brooks regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Thompson is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Brooks throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Brooks can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Thompson controls the pace.
Thompson throwing strikes from guard but Brooks blocks nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jimmy Thompson dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Thompson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Jason Brooks seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thompson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Brooks pinned against the cage. Brooks gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
A head kick misses from Brooks.
Brooks throws a sloppy head kick
and Thompson moves into the clinch.
Thompson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brooks.
Brooks wants to break the clinch but can't.
Thompson looking for a takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thompson trying to land knees to the body.
Brooks breaks the clinch.
Jason Brooks is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Brooks lands a nice looking body kick.
Brooks tries a head kick but it misses.
Thompson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Brooks is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Thompson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
The fight stays on the outside here - Thompson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Brooks misses with a head kick.
Thompson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Brooks takes a swing at Thompson's ribcage but misses.
Thompson takes the fight into the clinch.
Thompson tries to land knees in the clinch but Brooks avoids the damage to the body.
Thompson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brooks lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Brooks avoiding damage as Thompson throws knees to the body.
Thompson is stalling here.
Brooks blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jimmy Thompson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Brooks pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Thompson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Brooks, pushing him back against the cage.
Thompson is trying to maintain a safe position but Brooks gets an underhook and turns Thompson into the cage.
Maybe Thompson would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
Brooks is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Thompson breaks the clinch.
Brooks throws a head kick that misses
and Thompson counters by moving into the clinch.
Knees to the body from Thompson.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Thompson.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jimmy Thompson.
Brooks throws a head kick that misses
and Thompson counters with a head kick.
Brooks lands the left hand.
Brooks with a poor takedown
and Thompson counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Brooks is lucky that one didn't land flush.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brooks throws a sloppy body shot
and Thompson counters by clinching up.
Thompson will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Brooks up against the cage.
Brooks is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Thompson jumps into guard, dragging Brooks to the mat.
Thompson pulls Brooks in close to his closed guard and prevents Brooks from doing any damage or advancing position.
Brooks throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Brooks gets to his feet - Thompson follows without any prompting.
The fight stays on the outside here - Thompson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Thompson slips under a jab.
Thompson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick by Brooks misses
and Thompson moves into the clinch.
Thompson effectively controlling the action here.
Thompson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brooks.
Brooks wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Brooks avoiding damage as Thompson throws knees to the body.
Brooks breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Brooks lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Brooks throws a right hand that Thompson ducks under and follows up with a left that Thompson also avoids with ease.
A punch lands to the side of Thompson 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Brooks clinches but Thompson breaks the clinch
and Thompson moves into the clinch.
Jimmy Thompson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Thompson missing with knees to the body.
Jason Brooks has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jimmy Thompson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Brooks tries a body shot but Thompson blocks it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jimmy Thompson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Thompson has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jimmy Thompson!
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