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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Lucio Dias (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Power (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dias kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is A Tribe Called Quest - We Are The People.... Thomas Power has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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172 cm
19
144 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
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168 cm
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136 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lucio Dias! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Thomas Power! The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Power stuffs the takedown. Power lands a slapping body shot.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Power, as that shot connected.
Power cracks Dias with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business. Power lunges at Dias with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Dias's hand. Dias on the wrong end of a nice jab. Dias shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Power as he jumps to the side. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Dias gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily letting Power counter with a right hand. Power has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lucio Dias. That's going to take a lot out of him. Dias walks into a stiff left hand from Power.
Dias is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round. Power throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Dias on the side of the head. Oh Dias is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Thomas Power seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Power dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Dias seems to have got his legs back now. Power lands a left and a right that send Dias crashing to the mat, dazed. Power thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
It looks like Lucio Dias has been cut. Power punishes Dias's body with a nice straight punch. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Power lands with an uppercut that bounces Dias off the cage and back into range. Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Power! Dias is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thomas Power! Thomas Power tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool. The defeated Lucio Dias had this to say: 'It's time to check my mistakes, and improved my lack of ability on some styles like Boxing and Wrestling.'.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
69% |
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