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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Black Bad Boy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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215 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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211 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart |
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Solid Muay Thai
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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Black Bad Boy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Frank Thomas !
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Stewart Dunkirk and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bad Boy shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Thomas as he avoids it easily.
Bad Boy misses with a takedown
and Thomas counters with a stiff right hand.
Thomas throws a right and a left that both miss.
Thomas lands a high kick!
Bad Boy fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Thomas , pushing him back against the cage.
Bad Boy taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Bad Boy lands with a right to the head.
Bad Boy slowing the pace effectively.
Thomas breaks from the clinch.
Thomas misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bad Boy rushes Thomas and presses him up against the cage.
Bad Boy lands a body shot in the clinch.
Bad Boy misses with a punch on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thomas jumps guard but Bad Boy turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Bad Boy tries to circle away but Thomas has him pinned against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bad Boy is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Thomas is trying to pull guard but Bad Boy turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Bad Boy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bad Boy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bad Boy scores with a hook to the body.
Thomas prevents Bad Boy from breaking the clinch.
Bad Boy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bad Boy is working for takedown but Thomas is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Black Bad Boy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bad Boy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Thomas backwards.
Bad Boy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bad Boy scores with a shoulder strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bad Boy has a couple of punches blocked by Thomas .
A bit of stalling here from Bad Boy.
Bad Boy is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Bad Boy holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Bad Boy looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Bad Boy tries to circle away but Thomas has him pinned against the cage.
Bad Boy is leaning against Thomas and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Bad Boy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Frank Thomas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bad Boy clinches.
Bad Boy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Thomas blocking some punches.
Bad Boy lands with a right to the head.
Thomas is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Bad Boy pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bad Boy tries to break the clinch but Thomas is controlling the position.
Bad Boy misses with a punch on the inside.
Bad Boy lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bad Boy gets through Thomas 's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The referee calls for Bad Boy to work.
Thomas has Bad Boy pressed against the cage, preventing Bad Boy from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Thomas tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Bad Boy just stands there and leans against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Thomas 's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Thomas is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Bad Boy to keep the fight standing.
Thomas blocks an uppercut.
A frustrated look appears on Thomas 's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas letting Bad Boy take a breather here.
Bad Boy lands with a right to the head.
Bad Boy lands an uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Bad Boy.
Bad Boy controlling the action here for a moment.
Bad Boy slows down the pace here.
Thomas keeps control of Bad Boy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bad Boy breaks the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Black Bad Boy dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Thomas gets tackled into the cage by Bad Boy. Bad Boy maintains the clinch.
Bad Boy gets control of Thomas 's arms and successfully pulls guard. Bad Boy will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Bad Boy avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Thomas lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Bad Boy wants to stand up but Thomas is controlling him.
Thomas controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Thomas makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Thomas won't allow Bad Boy to get back to his feet.
Bad Boy on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Bad Boy tries to get out of the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bad Boy wants to get back to his feet but Thomas passes into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bad Boy is looking to escape.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas is nestled in close to Bad Boy, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Thomas has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bad Boy is trying to stand up here but Thomas is controlling him well.
Thomas working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Bad Boy is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Thomas scores with a couple of nice shots.
Thomas missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Thomas lands with a punch from half guard.
Thomas lands strikes from half guard.
Bad Boy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Thomas can do to turn this around?
Bad Boy pushes Thomas off looking to stand but Thomas dives back in and keeps control.
Bad Boy has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Thomas is on him like a limpet, forcing Bad Boy back against the cage.
Bad Boy tries a knee to the head but Thomas blocks it.
A short body shot lands from Bad Boy as the two fighters clinch.
Bad Boy lands a left hand that snaps the head of Thomas backwards.
Bad Boy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bad Boy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bad Boy staying out of range there.
Bad Boy wants to clinch up but Thomas keeps it at a distance.
Thomas misses with a two punch combination.
Bad Boy rushes Thomas and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Come on Bad Boy - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Bad Boy lands with a short shot to the head.
Bad Boy tries to work over Thomas 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Thomas manages to break the clinch.
Thomas uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Bad Boy takes one on the button.
Bad Boy instigates a clinch.
Thomas prevents a body shot from Bad Boy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bad Boy pushes Thomas back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Bad Boy misses with a knee to the head.
Bad Boy lands with a right to the head.
Thomas is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bad Boy digs a right hand underneath Thomas 's ribcage. Thomas let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Bad Boy looking for a takedown.
Thomas tries to pull guard but Bad Boy holds him up against the cage and eventually Thomas drops back down to his feet.
Bad Boy is trying to force a seperation but Thomas has the dominant position.
Thomas keeps control of Bad Boy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bad Boy stalling in the clinch.
Thomas jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Bad Boy walks away with a smile on his face. Thomas gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bad Boy tries to clinch but Thomas moves away
and Thomas cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bad Boy misses with a double jab
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Thomas lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bad Boy's sensitive parts.
Thomas swinging wildly here.
Frank Thomas seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Thomas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bad Boy moves into the clinch.
Black Bad Boy has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Thomas managing to block the knees to the body from Bad Boy.
Thomas wants to get back to striking at distance but Bad Boy won't allow it.
Bad Boy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Thomas swats away the attempt to clinch by Bad Boy.
Thomas throws a leg kick which misses Bad Boy's front leg but catches the back leg as Bad Boy tries to avoid it.
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 Black Bad Boy will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Thomas swats away the attempt to clinch by Bad Boy.
Thomas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Thomas thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bad Boy forces Thomas back against the cage and clinches.
Thomas pulls Bad Boy into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bad Boy is looking to stand up but Thomas won't let him.
Thomas is working an open guard so Bad Boy takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Thomas connects with a solid leg kick.
Bad Boy darts in and clinches Thomas up against the cage.
Bad Boy controlling the action here for a moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bad Boy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bad Boy tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Thomas just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bad Boy has a couple of punches blocked by Thomas .
Thomas being controlled against the cage.
Bad Boy trying to land knees to the body.
Thomas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bad Boy tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Bad Boy doesn't manage to clinch there - Thomas circles away.
Bad Boy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bad Boy tries to clinch there but Thomas circles away.
Bad Boy darts in trying to clinch
and Thomas counters with a three punch combo that has Bad Boy backing up. Bad Boy nods at Thomas to acknowledge the strikes.
Bad Boy clinches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bad Boy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Thomas closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bad Boy has Thomas pressed against the cage.
Bad Boy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bad Boy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Thomas stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Thomas wants it to stay on the feet.
Black Bad Boy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bad Boy gets a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bad Boy stalling against the cage.
Bad Boy misses with a body punch.
Bad Boy is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Thomas is defending well for now.
Bad Boy gets through Thomas 's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bad Boy stalls.
Thomas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bad Boy tries to clinch but Thomas moves out of range.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bad Boy dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Bad Boy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Thomas doesn't manage to clinch there - Bad Boy circles away.
Thomas throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bad Boy.
Bad Boy tries to clinch up but Thomas circles away and keeps his distance.
Thomas tries a quick counter leg kick but Bad Boy is wise to it.
Bad Boy stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Thomas .
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bad Boy wants to clinch.
Thomas throws a big shot that misses.
Bad Boy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bad Boy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Thomas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Thomas connects with a nice looking jab.
Thomas shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Bad Boy as he jumps to the side.
Bad Boy tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A chopping leg kick lands by Thomas .
Black Bad Boy is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
No joy there for Bad Boy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters circling - Thomas throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Frank Thomas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bad Boy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Thomas appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Frank Thomas .
I think Bad Boy has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:29
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28
The fight is ruled a draw!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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