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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kelvin Tatum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thor Wood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wood has chosen Wardruna - Blood Eagle as his entrance music. Thor Wood has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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217 lbs
7 - 6 - 1 |
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205 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
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Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank |
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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
7 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kelvin Tatum!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Thor Wood!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wood looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Wood jabs Tatum right on the nose. Tatum blinks but takes it well.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Wood, right into the meat.
Tatum feints a jab promting Wood to slip. Tatum then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Wood slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
It looks like Thor Wood has been cut.
Tatum looks to score with a jab to the body but Wood is just out of range.
Wood misses with a body shot.
Wood tries to clinch up but Tatum circles away and keeps his distance.
Tatum throws a shot from downtown. Wood moves away and avoids it.
Tatum throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Wood sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A jab from Tatum finds it's way through Wood's defenses.
Tatum checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
It looked like Tatum was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Wood thows a left - swing and a miss!
An inside leg kick lands from Wood.
Tatum ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wood moves away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wood scores with a nice right hand.
Wood is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Tatum misses
and Wood counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Tatum checks a leg kick.
Wood keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tatum.
Tatum on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Tatum misses with a hook. Wood ducked under it nicely.
Tatum takes one to the chin there.
Wood feints and then cracks Tatum's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Tatum down.
Tatum throws the left hand but Wood avoids the punch easily.
Wood lands a leg kick that knocks Tatum off balance momentarily.
The fighters circling - Tatum throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tatum misses with a wild body shot.
Tatum throws the left hand but Wood avoids the punch easily.
Tatum swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tatum tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wood was well out of range. Poor timing from Tatum.
Wood takes one to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wood connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tatum thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tatum misses the jab.
Tatum fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tatum backing away here, and Wood unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Wood connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Wood fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Tatum walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Wood checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tatum. Wood does a little dance to reset his feet.
A jab from Tatum misses.
Tatum ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wood moves away.
The fighters circle momentarily. Wood darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Wood scores with a kick to the midsection.
A solid leg kick lands there for Wood.
Wood has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Wood scores with a hook.
Wood closes the distance and clinches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tatum lands a right hand that snaps the head of Wood backwards.
Wood connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Kelvin Tatum has been cut.
Tatum swings wildly with an uppercut but Wood uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wood scores with a knee to the head.
Wood with an attempt at a knee that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tatum creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tatum throws a head punch that misses.
Wood blocks a body shot from Tatum.
Wood with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tatum misses with some punches.
Wood misses with a knee to the head.
Tatum blocks the elbow strike.
Tatum misses with a knee to the head.
Wood crunches a lovely knee into Tatum's ribcage.
Wood tries to land a knee to the head but Tatum blocks with his arms.
Wood lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tatum pushes Wood back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tatum misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wood prevents a body shot from Tatum.
Tatum takes a knee right on the jaw!
Tatum misses with a punch to the body.
Tatum lands a shot to the body.
Tatum tries to throw a body punch but Wood avoids it by throwing Tatum back against the cage.
Wood lands a nice knee to the body.
Tatum is breathing heavily.
Wood lands a good knee to the midsection. Tatum won't want to take too many of those.
Wood using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tatum has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tatum misses with a punch to the body.
Tatum struggles to land a body shot inside as Wood controls his hands.
Wood with a knee to the head.
Wood throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wood throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tatum blocks it with crossed arms.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A knee to the head by Wood.
Wood tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tatum lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Wood landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thor Wood dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Tatum throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Wood tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tatum paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A big left from Tatum misses.
Wood throws a body punch but Tatum moves out of range.
Tatum works the jab nicely.
Thor Wood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tatum lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Tatum has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Wood scores with a push kick.
Tatum fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wood manages to avoid it.
Tatum takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Tatum takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wood's jab looks to have found its range, popping Tatum under the eye.
Wood moves into the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Tatum.
Wood prevents a body shot from Tatum.
Wood with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wood blocking some punches.
Thor Wood seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wood using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tatum has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Wood.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tatum swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tatum misses with the head strike.
Wood lands an elbow just above Tatum 's eye.
Tatum misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tatum swings wildly with an uppercut but Wood uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tatum managing to block the knees to the body from Wood.
A short left from Tatum.
Tatum with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wood landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wood has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nice elbow from Wood.
Tatum is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Wood misses with a knee strike.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Tatum has a couple of punches blocked by Wood.
Tatum throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wood using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wood lands an elbow that stopped Tatum in his tracks for a moment.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wood throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tatum blocks it with crossed arms.
Wood connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tatum's face.
Wood blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wood gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Wood throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wood lands an elbow inside that Tatum shrugs off.
Wood lands an elbow just above Tatum 's eye.
Tatum tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wood misses with a knee strike.
Tatum is trying to maintain a safe position but Wood gets an underhook and turns Tatum into the cage.
Wood gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Wood throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tatum blocks it with crossed arms.
Tatum goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tatum on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wood with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tatum is trying to maintain a safe position but Wood gets an underhook and turns Tatum into the cage.
Wood throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wood using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tatum has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tatum throws a punch but it's blocked by Wood.
Tatum blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wood blocks an uppercut.
Knees in the clinch landing for Wood.
Tatum swings wildly with an uppercut but Wood uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wood blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tatum misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tatum struggles to land a body shot inside as Wood controls his hands.
Tatum wants to stall.
Tatum doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wood gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Wood blocking some punches.
Tatum is looking to control Wood's arms but Wood gets an underhook and turns him. Now Tatum has his back to the cage.
Wood pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tatum misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wood creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tatum's defenses.
Tatum with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tatum takes a knee right on the jaw!
Wood throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wood lands a knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tatum takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wood scores a nice knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Wood.
Wood lands a damaging elbow.
Wood blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wood tries a knee to the head but Tatum blocks it.
Wood misses with a knee strike.
Wood landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wood with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wood tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Wood blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thor Wood showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Tatum throws a big shot that misses.
Tatum lands with a straight right. Wood didn't see that one coming.
Wood lands a nice leg kick that just misses Tatum's sensitive parts.
Tatum walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Tatum misses the jab.
Tatum defending well as Wood loads up on a big left hand.
It looked like Tatum wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Wood tries to close the distance and clinch but Tatum swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wood throws a push kick but Tatum slaps the foot to one side.
Wood moves out of range of the body kick from Tatum.
Tatum throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Wood sees it coming and avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wood lets loose with a powerful body kick. Tatum will feel that in the morning.
Wood tries a low kick but Tatum avoids it.
Tatum looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Tatum misses with a low kick.
Wood tries to counter by closing the distance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wood tries to clinch up but Tatum circles away and keeps his distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wood jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tatum was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Tatum throws a hook to the side of Wood's head but Wood sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wood misses with a body kick.
Tatum throws a wild body kick that Wood sees coming a mile off.
Wood ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tatum moves away.
Wood connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Wood slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Tatum needs to keep his hands up - Wood had a free shot at his head there.
Wood moves into the clinch successfully.
Wood with a knee to the head.
Wood creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tatum's defenses.
Tatum is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Wood using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Tatum takes an elbow to the forehead.
Thor Wood is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tatum tries a body shot but Wood blocks it.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Tatum takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Tatum tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tatum misses with a punch on the inside.
Wood blocks a body shot from Tatum.
Tatum struggles to land a body shot inside as Wood controls his hands.
Tatum displaying some good clinch control by pressing Wood up against the cage.
Tatum digs a right hand underneath Wood's ribcage. Wood let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Tatum is trying to maintain a safe position but Wood gets an underhook and turns Tatum into the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tatum gets through Wood's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tatum misses with a punch on the inside.
Tatum takes an elbow to the temple.
Tatum tries to throw a body punch but Wood avoids it by throwing Tatum back against the cage.
Tatum misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kelvin Tatum has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tatum stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Tatum swings wildly with an uppercut but Wood uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wood blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tatum swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tatum misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Tatum fails to land.
Tatum working aggressively here.
Tatum swings wildly with an uppercut but Wood uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tatum tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tatum has a couple of punches blocked by Wood.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Tatum has a couple of punches blocked by Wood.
Wood blocks a body shot from Tatum.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Thor Wood.
Well Wood has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thor Wood!
An out of breath Thor Wood thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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