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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gordus Clay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Clay comes to the cage accompanied by SCOTLAND THE BRAVE !!!. Thomas has chosen all of the lights as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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272 lbs
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293 lbs
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gordus Clay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mike Thomas!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Reed Andrews and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clay moves into range and connects with a jab.
It looks like Mike Thomas has been cut.
Clay misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Thomas.
Thomas swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Clay counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Thomas takes one to the chin there.
Clay takes a swing at Thomas's ribcage but misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Clay looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Thomas throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Clay to counter with a crisp jab.
Thomas misses with a two punch combination.
Clay's jab looks to have found its range, popping Thomas under the eye.
Clay throws a body shot but no joy.
Clay avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Clay throwing a counter right hand but Thomas manages to avoid it.
Thomas slips a jab from Clay.
Clay is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
A jab from Clay does it's job there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Clay scores with the left hand. Thomas knows he should have avoided that one.
A looping hook to the body misses from Clay. Thomas does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clay misses with a hook.
Thomas throws a shot from downtown. Clay moves away and avoids it.
The crowd cheers as Clay lands an impressive looking overhand right. Thomas doesn't seem phased though.
Clay tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thomas was well out of range. Poor timing from Clay.
Thomas's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Clay connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Thomas scrambles back to his feet.
Thomas misses with a double jab
and Clay connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Thomas lands a head kick. Clay smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Gordus Clay seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thomas defending well as Clay loads up on a big left hand.
Clay is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Thomas connects with a jab.
Sloppy strikes from Thomas. Those never looked like landing.
Clay throws the left hand but Thomas avoids the punch easily.
Clay takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Clay uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Thomas.
Clay throws a hook but Thomas blocks it.
Thomas lands a nice hook to Clay's body. Clay takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Clay throws a body shot but no joy.
Thomas goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Thomas rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Clay moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Clay misses with a body shot.
Clay misses the jab.
Thomas lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Clay circles away quickly and effectively.
Thomas uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Clay.
Thomas throws a nice looking combination but Clay bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Clay is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Clay scores with a jab.
Clay lands a slapping body shot.
Clay lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Clay.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Clay.
Clay scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Clay swings for the body but Thomas moves out of range.
Thomas with the counter takedown but Clay avoids it easily.
Clay bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Thomas's head.
That has opened up Mike Thomas's cut even more.
The fighters circling - Clay throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And Thomas tries to counter it with a takedown but Clay pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Clay misses with a looping right.
Thomas staying out of range there.
Thomas bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Clay dodges the punch combination from Thomas.
Clay pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Thomas avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Clay looks to score with a jab to the body but Thomas is just out of range.
Thomas changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clay blocks a leg kick.
Clay swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Thomas throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Thomas pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Good exchange - Clay coming out on top.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thomas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Clay instigates a clinch.
Thomas misses with a hook from the clinch.
Thomas tries to land knees in the clinch but Clay avoids the damage to the body.
Clay lands a right hand.
Clay tries a body shot but Thomas blocks it.
Thomas lands with a left to the head.
Thomas blocks a body shot from Clay.
Clay throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Thomass head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Clay takes a knee to the side of the body.
Thomas tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gordus Clay dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mike Thomas's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
A telegraphed right hand from Clay misses the target.
Thomas tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Clay was well out of range. Poor timing from Thomas.
Clay tries to clinch but Thomas is having none of it.
Clay closes the distance and clinches.
Thomas with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Thomas missing with knees to the body.
Clay is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Thomas can do to turn this around?
Thomas misses with an elbow strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Clay.
Thomas landing knees to the body.
Thomas lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Clay or not.
Thomas softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thomas landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Thomas working aggressively here.
Thomas is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Clay is defending well for now.
Thomas's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Clay ducks under a wild hook from Thomas.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Clay was well out of range. Poor timing from Thomas.
Clay throwing a counter right hand but Thomas manages to avoid it.
Clay throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Thomas on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Clay works over Thomas's head and body with a nice combination.
Clay throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Thomas's waist but Thomas gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Clay off to one side.
Clay scores with a hook.
Clay lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Thomas closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Clay avoids the head kick by Thomas.
Thomas moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Clay defending well as Thomas loads up on a big left hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Thomas misses the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Clay lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Thomas backs up against the cage.
Clay tests Thomas's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Thomas has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Thomas moves out of range as Clay throws a body kick.
Thomas takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
It looks like Clay has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Gordus Clay is winning the standup battle so far.
Clay tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Thomas manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Thomas darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Thomas throws a hook but Clay avoids it easily.
Clay misses with a straight left.
Thomas drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Clay defends it well.
A head kick misses from Thomas.
Clay is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Thomas.
Clay scores with a jab. Thomas acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Clay takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Thomas throws a sloppy head kick and Clay moves out of range easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clay ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Thomas thuds a left hand into Clay's body.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Thomas working aggressively here.
Thomas tries to land a knee to the head but Clay blocks with his arms.
Clay lands a nice shot to the body.
Thomas misses with an elbow strike.
Clay dodges an elbow strike from Thomas.
Thomas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Thomas misses with the head strike.
Thomas misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Thomas creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Clay softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Thomas is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Clay blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Clay.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Clay.
The cut above Mike Thomas's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Thomas is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Clay is defending well for now.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Clay fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Clay managing to block the knees to the body from Thomas.
Clay misses with some punches.
Clay lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Thomas backwards.
Clay swings wildly with an uppercut but Thomas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thomas working aggressively here.
A short right from Clay on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Clay.
Thomas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Clay works on Thomas's body with a couple of short punches.
A head punch on the inside from Thomas fails to land.
Clay takes a shot to the head.
Clay lands a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Gordus Clay will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mike Thomas's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Clay takes a swing at Thomas's ribcage but misses.
Thomas throws out a powerful jab.
Jab from Thomas.
Clay just misses with a punch to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Clay. Thomas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Thomas slips under a jab.
Clay cracks Thomas with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A punch combination from Thomas misses.
Clay swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Thomas avoids a punch combination nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thomas throws a hook but Clay blocks it.
Clay misses with a body shot.
Thomas throws a looping overhand right but Clay ducks down to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas throws a lazy uppercut
letting Clay counter with a right hand.
Clay misses the shot to the body.
Thomas connects with a right hand. Clay shakes it off.
Clay's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Clay duly obliges.
Clay scores with a jab. Thomas acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Clay throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And Thomas tries to counter it with a takedown but Clay pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Clay fails with an attempt to clinch.
And Thomas tries to counter it with a takedown but Clay pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Clay fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Thomas takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Thomas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mike Thomas is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Clay misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Thomas.
Thomas throws an overhand right that lands on Clay's shoulder, as Clay tries to avoid the shot.
Clay is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Thomas.
Clay moves into the clinch.
Mike Thomas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clay misses with some punches.
Clay misses with a hook to the ribs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Clay throws a punch but it's blocked by Thomas.
Mike Thomas seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Thomas with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Thomas misses with some punches.
Clay blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Thomas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Thomas fails to land.
Thomas is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Clay is defending well for now.
Clay swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Thomas struggles to land a body shot inside as Clay controls his hands.
Thomas tries to break the clinch but Clay is controlling the position.
Thomas misses with the head strike.
Clay works on Thomas's body with a couple of short punches.
Clay throws a punch but it's blocked by Thomas.
Good body shot from Clay.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clay lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Clay lands a hook to the side of the head.
Clay lands with a left to the head.
Good body shot from Clay.
Clay misses with a hook to the ribs.
Clay lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Thomas.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Clay.
A right hand to the body from Clay.
Clay lands with a left to the head.
Thomas blocks an uppercut.
Thomas blocks a body shot from Clay.
Thomas tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Thomas tries to break the clinch but Clay is controlling the position.
Clay lands a hook to the side of the head.
Clay lands a right hand.
Gordus Clay is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thomas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Thomas blocks a body shot from Clay.
Clay's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Clay throws a punch but it's blocked by Thomas.
Clay lands a body shot in the clinch.
Clay prevents Thomas from breaking the clinch.
Clay misses with some punches.
A short left from Thomas.
Clay can't find room to land a body shot as Thomas controls the action.
Clay blocks an uppercut.
Thomas takes a shot to the head.
Clay tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Thomas tries to land knees in the clinch but Clay avoids the damage to the body.
Clay blocks an uppercut.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gordus Clay showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Clay 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 Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:27
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gordus Clay!
Gordus Clay got down on his knees post fight and begged the management for a title shot. 'Please, I want that title shot so bad! Give it to me!'
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