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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kenny Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesse Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kenny Thompson is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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202 lbs
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25
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
KO power |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kenny Thompson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jesse Taylor!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Daniel Franklin and Santiago Holmes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Taylor looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Thompson is looking to counter punch.
Thompson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Taylor darts in looking for a takedown but Thompson gets double underhooks and turns Taylor into the cage.
Taylor with a lazy takedown attempt
and Thompson counters with a nice body shot.
Taylor is looking to clinch but Thompson is avoiding it.
Thompson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Taylor throws a right and a left that Thompson avoids nicely.
Thompson throws a chopping leg kick but Taylor manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Thompson throws a body shot but no joy.
Taylor unleashes a big counter combination but Thompson bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Taylor shoots in but Thompson avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Kenny Thompson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jesse Taylor.
Thompson cracks Taylor with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Thompson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Taylor.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor slips a jab from Thompson.
Despite the aggression on Taylor's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Taylor pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Thompson back to the cage. Taylor follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Thompson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Thompson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Taylor.
Thompson definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Thompson throws a series of punches but Taylor moves out of range.
Thompson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Thompson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Taylor looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Taylor has closed the distance and engaged Thompson in a clinch.
Taylor breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Thompson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Thompson works the jab nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Taylor tries to clinch up
and Thompson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Thompson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Thompson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Thompson throws a right and a left that Taylor avoids nicely.
Taylor on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Taylor takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Thompson misses with a leg kick
and Taylor counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Taylor fails with the takedown.
Taylor uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Thompson.
Taylor tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
A punch lands to the side of Taylor 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Taylor keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Thompson.
Taylor works over Thompson's head and body with a nice combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor gets a clinch.
Thompson misses with a punch on the inside.
Taylor is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Thompson pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Taylor jumps guard but Thompson stands there with Taylor around his waist. Taylor gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Thompson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Taylor tries to score a body lock takedown but Thompson shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Taylor jumps guard but Thompson stands there with Taylor around his waist. Taylor gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Taylor looking for a takedown.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thompson lands a hook that snaps the head of Taylor backwards.
Taylor wants a takedown but no success here.
Thompson is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Taylor drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Taylor escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Thompson misses the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kenny Thompson dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Thompson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Taylor misses with a double jab.
Thompson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Taylor avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Kenny Thompson is winning the standup battle so far.
Taylor fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Thompson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Thompson misses with a body kick.
Taylor throws a right hand that Thompson ducks under and follows up with a left that Thompson also avoids with ease.
Taylor staying out of range there.
Taylor wants to counter the offense by Thompson and move into the clinch position.
Thompson lands a really nice looking cross but Taylor seems unphased.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thompson throws a leg kick
and Taylor counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Thompson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
It looks like Jesse Taylor has been cut.
Thompson cracks Taylor with a good jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Taylor misses with a series of wild punches.
Taylor is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Thompson. Those never looked like landing.
Kenny Thompson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thompson fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Taylor to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Taylor looks to clinch but Thompson throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Taylor taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Kenny Thompson!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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