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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mike Child (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dallas Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mike Child has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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160 lbs
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160 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mike Child!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dallas Thomas!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Bruno Hogan and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas misses with a series of wild punches.
Child bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Child tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Thomas swivels and escapes.
A combination from Thomas does no damage.
Child drops his hands momentarily and Thomas takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Child tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Thomas swivels and escapes.
Thomas moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Thomas stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Child. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Child throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A slow jab from Thomas misses its intended target.
Thomas rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Child moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Thomas pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Child gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Child tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Thomas smiles and moves away.
Child throws a wild body kick that Thomas sees coming a mile off.
Child shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Thomas as he avoids it easily.
Child tries to clinch up but Thomas circles away and keeps his distance.
Nice shot by Thomas.
The fighters circle momentarily. Thomas darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas throws a big shot that misses.
Thomas throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Child on the side of the head.
Child doesn't manage to clinch there - Thomas circles away.
Child scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Child tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Thomas is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Child wants to take a breather but Thomas manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Child.
Thomas working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Child.
Child is breathing heavily.
Thomas wants to stand up but Child is controlling him.
Thomas is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas is trying to break the clinch but Child has him pressed against the cage.
Thomas wants to break the clinch but can't.
Thomas wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Thomas is pressed up against the cage. Child has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Thomas down to the mat. Thomas avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Thomas swinging wilding here.
Child fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Thomas misses with a straight left.
Thomas stuffs the takedown attempt from Child. Child gets slowly back to his feet.
Thomas thuds a left hand into Child's body.
Dallas Thomas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Thomas lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Child circles away quickly and effectively.
Thomas throws a shot to the body.
Thomas throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Child on the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thomas misses with a straight right.
Thomas misses with a series of wild punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Child walks into a straight right hand from Thomas.
Nice cross by Thomas.
Thomas lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Child takes one to the chin there.
Dallas Thomas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice cross by Thomas.
Thomas fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Thomas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Child is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Thomas.
Nice defenses there by Child.
Child shoots for a double leg takedown but Thomas sprawls well. He's pushed Child's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Thomas scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Child steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Thomas.
Child tries to clinch but Thomas moves out of range.
Thomas fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Child takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Child shoots in for a takedown but Thomas shows good takedown defense.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Child takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Thomas thuds his right hand into Child's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Thomas looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Thomas is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Child fails to land the takedown.
Thomas connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Child's hands.
Thomas jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Thomas misses with a body shot.
Child scores with a takedown into Thomas's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Child wants to control from the top but Thomas keeps moving.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Child looking to sit in guard and control but Thomas gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Thomas gets to his feet - Child follows without any prompting.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dallas Thomas dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Thomas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Child.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Child.
Child shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Thomas as he jumps to the side.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Child.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Child. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Thomas drops Child with a beautiful combination! Child stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Thomas is looking for the KO!
Child is rocked!
Thomas circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Child to the canvas! Child doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Thomas keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dallas Thomas!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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