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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Michael Scarn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alasdair Thacker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Michael Scarn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Alasdair Thacker!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Dean Styles and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Scarn lands the left hand.
Thacker moves into the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Scarn.
Scarn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Scarn lands an elbow just above Thacker 's eye.
A body shot lands from Scarn.
Thacker tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Thacker lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Thacker misses with the head strike.
Thacker struggles to land a body shot inside as Scarn controls his hands.
Scarn scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nice elbow from Scarn.
Scarn lands an elbow inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thacker lands a nice uppercut.
Nice elbow from Scarn.
Thacker tries to work over Scarn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Scarn lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Thacker lands a shot to the body.
Thacker struggles to land a body shot inside as Scarn controls his hands.
Scarn misses with an elbow over the top.
Scarn lands a nice elbow.
Thacker dodges an elbow strike from Scarn.
A right handed body shot lands from Thacker.
Scarn can't find room to land a body shot as Thacker controls the action.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Thacker.
Thacker lands a left hand.
Scarn pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A short uppercut from Thacker.
Thacker stalls.
Scarn lands an elbow inside.
Scarn swings wildly with an uppercut but Thacker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Scarn lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Thacker being controlled against the cage.
We've been hearing reports that Scarn has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Scarn.
It looks like Alasdair Thacker has been cut.
Scarn misses with a hook from the clinch.
Thacker tries a body shot but Scarn blocks it.
Scarn misses with a punch to the body.
Thacker misses with an elbow strike.
Scarn lands with a short shot to the head.
Thacker tries a knee to the head but Scarn blocks it.
Thacker has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Scarn seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Thacker can turn it around.
Thacker is trying to stall.
Thacker lands a left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thacker takes an elbow to the temple.
Nice elbow from Scarn.
Thacker avoids a wild elbow strike from Scarn.
Scarn's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Thacker slips under a jab from Scarn.
Scarn needs to keep his hands up - Thacker had a free shot at his head there.
Thacker tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Scarn was well out of range. Poor timing from Thacker.
Scarn will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A little jabbing left from Thacker on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Thacker pushes Scarn up against the cage in a clinch.
Scarn looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Scarn blocking some punches.
Thacker misses with a hook from the clinch.
Scarn lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Thacker backwards.
Thacker is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Thacker scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thacker works on Scarn's body with a couple of short punches.
Good body shot from Scarn.
Thacker can't find room to land a body shot as Scarn controls the action.
Scarn takes an elbow to the temple.
Scarn gets through Thacker's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Thacker struggles to land a body shot inside as Scarn controls his hands.
Thacker dodges an elbow strike from Scarn.
Thacker throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Scarn blocks it with crossed arms.
Thacker misses with a body punch.
Scarn tries to work over Thacker's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Scarn lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Scarn throws an elbow that misses.
Scarn throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Scarn lands an uppercut.
Thacker avoids a wild elbow strike from Scarn.
Scarn tries to work over Thacker's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Scarn lands an elbow just above Thacker 's eye.
Scarn throws an elbow but it misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Scarn.
Scarn pushes off an throws an elbow but Thacker leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Scarn throws an elbow but it misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Scarn misses with a hook to the ribs.
Thacker avoids the elbow strike from Scarn, against the cage.
Scarn looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Scarn is leaning against Thacker and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Thacker fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Scarn lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Thacker prevents a body shot from Scarn.
Thacker working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Thacker tries to work over Scarn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Scarn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Thacker misses with some punches.
Thacker holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Scarn's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Thacker throws a punch but it's blocked by Scarn.
Scarn pushes off an throws an elbow but Thacker leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Scarn lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Scarn struggles to land a body shot inside as Thacker controls his hands.
Thacker wants to stall.
Thacker misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Scarn dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alasdair Thacker's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Scarn throws a hook to the side of Thacker's head but Thacker sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Scarn turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Scarn looks to land a combination but Thacker avoids it well.
Thacker gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Scarn is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Thacker can do to turn this around?
Scarn swings wildly with an uppercut but Thacker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thacker lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Scarn throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Thacker lands a nice uppercut.
Scarn misses with a punch to the body.
Scarn works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Scarn throws an elbow that misses.
Scarn throws an elbow but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Scarn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Scarn blocks a body shot from Thacker.
Thacker manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Thacker takes an elbow to the forehead.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Thacker.
Thacker throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Scarn blocks it with crossed arms.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Thacker scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short right from Thacker on the inside.
Michael Scarn has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Thacker lands a nice uppercut.
Scarn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Thacker lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Thacker lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Scarn takes a shot to the head.
Scarn presses Thacker against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Thacker swings wildly with an uppercut but Scarn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thacker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Scarn pushes off an throws an elbow but Thacker leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Scarn.
Thacker working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Scarn throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A short uppercut from Thacker.
Scarn lands a hook to the side of the head.
Scarn lands an elbow inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Scarn.
Thacker throws a punch but it's blocked by Scarn.
Scarn throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A nice left hand lands by Thacker.
Thacker misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Scarn doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Scarn lands a shot to the body.
Thacker struggles to land a body shot inside as Scarn controls his hands.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Scarn creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Scarn lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Thacker or not.
Thacker misses with the head strike.
Thacker lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Thacker misses with a short punch on the inside.
Thacker avoids a wild elbow strike from Scarn.
Scarn lands a hook to the side of the head.
Thacker struggles to land a body shot inside as Scarn controls his hands.
Thacker works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Scarn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A knee to the head by Thacker.
Thacker swings wildly with an uppercut but Scarn uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scarn throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Thacker misses with some punches.
Thacker goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Thacker lands a left hand that snaps the head of Scarn backwards.
Scarn creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Thacker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Thacker tries to throw a body punch but Scarn avoids it by throwing Thacker back against the cage.
Scarn blocking some punches.
Scarn misses with a hook from the clinch.
Thacker works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Scarn throws an elbow that misses.
Scarn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Thacker swings wildly with an uppercut but Scarn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Scarn prevents a body shot from Thacker.
Scarn gets through Thacker's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Thacker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Scarn lands a body punch.
Scarn looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Scarn looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Scarn throws a punch but it's blocked by Thacker.
Thacker looking to slow down the pace here.
Thacker misses with a short punch on the inside.
Thacker avoids a wild elbow strike from Scarn.
Thacker working aggressively here.
Thacker scores a nice knee to the body.
Thacker lands a body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thacker misses with a punch on the inside.
Thacker goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Thacker working aggressively here.
Thacker makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Thacker.
Scarn blocks an uppercut.
Scarn tries a body shot but Thacker blocks it.
Thacker pushes Scarn back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Scarn throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Scarn pushes off an throws an elbow but Thacker leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Thacker makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alasdair Thacker showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Alasdair Thacker's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Thacker connects with a right hand. Scarn shakes it off.
Scarn takes one to the chin there.
It looks like Michael Scarn has been cut.
Scarn throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Thacker sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Thacker checks a leg kick.
Thacker jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Scarn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Scarn fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Thacker blocks a leg kick.
Thacker clobbers Scarn with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Thacker on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Scarn. Scarn obviously looking to wear him down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Scarn takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Thacker moves into the clinch.
Thacker pushes Scarn back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Scarn throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A short body shot lands from Thacker as the two fighters clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Scarn prevents a body shot from Thacker.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Scarn misses with the head strike.
Thacker scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Thacker blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Thacker scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Scarn lands a body punch in the clinch.
Thacker scores with a hook to the body.
Thacker fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Thacker lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Thacker lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Scarn is rocked!
Scarn lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Oh Scarn is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Thacker.
Thacker misses with a body punch.
Thacker lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Scarn throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Thacker throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Scarn blocks an elbow strike from Thacker.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Thacker fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Scarn seems to have got his legs back now.
The referee is keeping an eye on Thacker - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scarn has a couple of punches blocked by Thacker.
Thacker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Thacker misses with a short punch on the inside.
Scarn struggles to land a body shot inside as Thacker controls his hands.
Thacker cracks Scarn with a nice body shot.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Thacker.
Thacker scores with a nice hook to the head.
A hook to the body from Thacker.
Thacker working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Thacker lands a body punch.
Thacker lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Scarn or not.
Thacker working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nice body punch from Thacker.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Thacker tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Scarn's elbow.
A short body shot lands from Thacker as the two fighters clinch.
Thacker lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on Thacker - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A short right from Thacker on the inside.
Scarn blocks an elbow strike from Thacker.
Scarn throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Thacker lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Scarn backwards.
Scarn looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Thacker has a couple of punches blocked by Scarn.
Thacker tries to land knees in the clinch but Scarn avoids the damage to the body.
Scarn lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Thacker misses with a body punch.
Thacker misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Still in the clinch, Thacker scores with a nice short uppercut.
Thacker avoids a wild elbow strike from Scarn.
Scarn creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Thacker's defenses.
Scarn is working Thacker over against the cage.
Thacker effectively controlling the action here.
Scarn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Scarn.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thacker is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Thacker.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Scarn comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Thacker lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Scarn lands a damaging elbow.
Thacker connects with a nasty looking knee right to Scarn's face.
Scarn lands an elbow just above Thacker 's eye.
Thacker gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Thacker scores with a hook to the body.
Scarn breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Thacker lands with an overhand left.
Alasdair Thacker seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The fight stays on the outside here - Thacker looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fighters circle momentarily. Scarn darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alasdair Thacker comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Thacker has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alasdair Thacker!
After winning the bout, Alasdair Thacker thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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