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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Allen Robinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Raven (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Robinson comes to the cage accompanied by Can't Be Touched. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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197 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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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
22 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Allen Robinson !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Thomas Raven!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Chris Saunders and Colin Fray.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Robinson throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Raven.
Raven drives through with a takedown into Robinson 's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Robinson manages to escape and get back to his feet.
We've been told by Robinson 's head coaches at Brutal Force Training that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Raven scores with a sloppy right hand. Robinson should have avoided that one.
Robinson misses with a body kick.
Robinson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Raven lands a lovely overhand right.
Robinson clinches.
Raven tightens his grip and picks Robinson up, before dumping him to the ground. Robinson manages to land in guard.
Robinson is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Raven is controlling him.
Raven cracks Robinson with a solid left hand.
Raven pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Robinson is keeping the position for now.
Raven makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Raven working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
Raven throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Robinson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Raven prevents Robinson from getting back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Raven with a nice head shot there.
Robinson wants to sweep but no luck.
Raven is looking to work some ground and pound but Robinson has wrist control.
Raven content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Raven trying to control but Robinson is working from the bottom.
Raven working some strikes from top position.
Raven looking to sit in guard and control but Robinson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Raven 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.
Raven is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raven looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Robinson puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Raven trying to control from the bottom.
The fighters are battling for position here. Raven manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Raven can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Robinson controls the pace.
Robinson wanted to stand there but Raven had control of the position.
Raven keeping full guard, as Robinson tries to pass.
Robinson won't allow Raven to sweep him here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robinson gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Robinson ducks right into an uppercut from Raven.
Robinson throws a shot from downtown. Raven moves away and avoids it.
Robinson throws a sloppy head kick
and Raven counters with a straight right hand.
A clash of legs there as Raven blocks the low kick.
Allen Robinson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Robinson lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Good leg kick by Raven there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Raven attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Robinson moves in looking to clinch but Raven pushes him off.
Raven scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Robinson thuds his shin into the meat of Raven's side.
Raven throws a leg kick but Robinson moved away.
Robinson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Robinson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Robinson connects with a high kick.
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!
Raven throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Robinson on the side of the head.
Robinson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Robinson throws a head kick that misses
and Raven counters with a stiff right hand.
Raven scores with a nice strike.
Raven lands a glancing blow to the side of Robinson 's head.
Robinson is rocked!
Robinson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Raven looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Oh Robinson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A punch combination from Robinson misses.
Robinson gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Raven counters with a good low kick that Robinson was not able to check.
Robinson seems to have got his legs back now.
Raven moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Raven moves away from the strike by Robinson .
Raven appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Raven tries to score with a low kick but Robinson moves his leg out of the way.
Robinson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Thomas Raven will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Raven steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Robinson . That one must have hurt.
Robinson wants to clinch up but Raven keeps it at a distance.
Robinson tries to close the distance and clinch but Raven swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Robinson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Allen Robinson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Robinson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Raven just misses with a punch to the body.
Raven has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
It looks like Thomas Raven has been cut.
Raven lands a nice hook to Robinson 's body. Robinson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Robinson moves away from the strike by Raven.
Robinson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Raven is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Raven blocks a body shot from Robinson .
Robinson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Raven backwards.
Raven throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Robinson s head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Robinson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Robinson lands an elbow that stopped Raven in his tracks for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Raven scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Robinson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Robinson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Raven escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Robinson moves in looking to clinch but Raven pushes him off.
Thomas Raven seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Robinson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Robinson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Raven to score with a decent uppercut.
Robinson moves into the clinch successfully.
Robinson misses with an elbow over the top.
A short right from Raven on the inside.
Raven manages to break the clinch.
Robinson on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Raven avoids the head kick by Robinson .
Robinson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Raven throws out a counter right but Robinson avoids it with no problem.
Robinson lands a big head kick that sends Raven tumbling to the mat! Robinson takes a step backwards and waves Raven back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Raven is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Raven lands a lovely overhand right.
Raven is still on wobbly legs! Can Robinson finish him?
Robinson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Raven throws out the jab.
Robinson went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Raven seems to have recovered his senses.
Robinson throws a lazy head kick
and Raven counters with a crisp right that sends Robinson to the canvas! Raven follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thomas Raven!
A pretty intense looking Thomas Raven took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.
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hype
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