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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leonidas Katsaros (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hans Thor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Katsaros comes into the arena with 卍 卍 卍 blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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205 lbs
37 - 10 - 0 |
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192 cm
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217 lbs
24 - 14 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
37 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Leonidas Katsaros!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hans Thor!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Andrew Berry and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thor lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Thor swings widly with a right hand
and Katsaros counters with a stiff right hand.
Thor misses with a body kick.
Thor throws a hook but Katsaros avoids it easily.
Thor with a nice cross.
Thor jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Thor fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Thor looks to land a left hand but Katsaros moved out of range nicely.
Thor scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Nice uppercut lands for Katsaros. That snapped Thor's head back.
It looks like Hans Thor has been cut.
Thor lands a nice shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Katsaros clinches.
Katsaros misses with a hook to the ribs.
Thor lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Katsaros prevents a body shot from Thor.
Katsaros doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Thor.
Thor misses with some punches.
Katsaros blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Katsaros.
Katsaros definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Katsaros.
A body shot lands from Katsaros.
Katsaros swings wildly with an uppercut but Thor uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thor prevents a body shot from Katsaros.
Nice body punch from Katsaros - that landed with a thud.
Katsaros fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Thor misses with a punch on the inside.
Thor working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Thor blocking some punches.
Thor is looking to control Katsaros's arms but Katsaros gets an underhook and turns him. Now Thor has his back to the cage.
Katsaros tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Katsaros.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Katsaros has a couple of punches blocked by Thor.
Katsaros has a couple of punches blocked by Thor.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Katsaros.
Katsaros presses Thor against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Katsaros tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Thor's elbow.
Thor blocks a body shot from Katsaros.
Thor misses with the head strike.
Katsaros lands a shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thor blocks a body shot from Katsaros.
Thor throws a head punch that misses.
Katsaros tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Thor goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Thor.
Thor looking to stall.
Katsaros tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Thor goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Thor lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thor swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right from Katsaros on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Thor.
Thor is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Thor tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Katsaros tries to work over Thor's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The referee is keeping an eye on Thor - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Thor misses with a hook from the clinch.
Thor misses with a body punch.
Katsaros lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Thor.
Katsaros lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Katsaros stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Thor blocks a body shot from Katsaros.
Katsaros struggles to land a body shot inside as Thor controls his hands.
Thor misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thor swings wildly with an uppercut but Katsaros uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Thor fails to land.
Thor tries to throw a body punch but Katsaros avoids it by throwing Thor back against the cage.
Thor misses with some punches.
Katsaros lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Katsaros lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Thor.
Thor looks winded!
Katsaros scores with a nice hook to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Katsaros fails to land.
Katsaros throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Thors head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Katsaros lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Thor is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Katsaros is keeping busy.
Thor blocks an uppercut.
Thor throws a head punch that misses.
Katsaros lands with a right to the head.
Thor is trying to stall.
A hook to the body from Katsaros.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Leonidas Katsaros will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Hans Thor's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Katsaros lands a leg kick that knocks Thor off balance momentarily.
A punch combination from Thor misses.
Katsaros takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Katsaros ducks right into an uppercut from Thor.
Katsaros dips to his left and cracks Thor with an uppercut!
Katsaros connects with a body shot.
Thor takes a swing at Katsaros's ribcage but misses.
Katsaros slips a straight right by Thor.
It appears Katsaros was looking to counter with a kick there.
Hans Thor seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Thor fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Katsaros is out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thor takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Thor has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Katsaros swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Katsaros dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Thor is breathing heavily.
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!
Katsaros keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Both fighters circling a little - Katsaros finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thor is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
The fighters circle momentarily. Katsaros darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Thor misses with a leg kick
and Katsaros counters with a leg kick.
A low kick from Thor is predictable there
and Katsaros counters with an inside leg kick.
Thor takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
That has opened up Hans Thor's cut even more.
Katsaros moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Katsaros lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Thor takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Katsaros sends Thor crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Katsaros is motioning to the referee to let Thor up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Thor is rocked!
The cut above Hans Thor's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Katsaros lunges in with a left hook that violently twists Thor head around and knocks him out cold! Katsaros hops onto the cage and yells out at the top of his lungs - Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah! They're showing the replay on the big screens now; that was nasty! I hope one of the photographers got a good shot of it.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Leonidas Katsaros!
A very excited looking Leonidas Katsaros made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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