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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mikhailu Banister (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thor Wood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Wood's choice of entrance music: Wardruna - Blood Eagle. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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220 lbs
7 - 6 - 0 |
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187 cm
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205 lbs
6 - 8 - 1 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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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 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mikhailu Banister!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 8 - 1, fighting out of London, Thor Wood!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Colin Fotheringham and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Banister tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Banister fails to pull guard.
Banister tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mikhailu Banister. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wood looking to throw knees to the head but Banister is blocking nicely.
Wood connects with a nasty looking knee right to Banister's face.
It looks like Mikhailu Banister has been cut.
Wood misses with a knee strike.
Wood connects with a knee to the head.
Banister jumps guard but Wood turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Wood tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wood lands a knee to the body.
Banister is breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wood lands an elbow just above Banister 's eye.
Wood throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Banister blocks it with crossed arms.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Wood.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wood unloads a knee to the mid-section. Banister lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wood misses with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Banister jumps guard but Wood turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Banister fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Wood putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Banister in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Wood unloads a knee to the mid-section. Banister lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wood gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Mikhailu Banister's cut is getting worse.
Wood gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Wood with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wood using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Wood connects with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Wood.
Wood lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Mikhailu Banister's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Wood unloads a knee to the mid-section.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wood lands a knee to the head.
Wood gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Banister is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wood working Banister over with knees to the body.
Oh Banister is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Banister takes a knee to the side of the body.
Banister seems to have got his legs back now.
A knee to the head by Wood.
Jeez, Mikhailu Banister's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Wood connects with a massive knee from the clinch and Banister goes down! Wood jumps into full mount looking to finish!
Banister defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Wood.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wood is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Banister has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Wood controlling the position easily from mount.
Wood forces the positional change into back control.
Wood is hanging on to Banister's back as he tries to escape.
Wood is not going to allow Banister to sit and survive in this position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Banister is really stuck here.
Wood is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Wood working for a choke but Banister is defending well.
Banister defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Wood controlling from the back.
Banister tries to escape but Wood has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Wood looking for the choke but no joy.
Wood is persistently looking for the submission but Banister is defending it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Banister preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Wood.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wood is cranking Banister's head sideways - that looks painful. He's managed to get his other arm under the chin and this looks bad for Banister! He's tightened the choke and Banister is tapping out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Thor Wood!
A victorious Thor Wood thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
The defeated Mikhailu Banister had this to say: 'Testing Hiddens'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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