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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Newton Hansen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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151 lbs
2 - 4 - 0 |
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175 cm
20
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Newton Hansen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Thomas!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Marco Blurström and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Hansen sprawls well initially but Thomas persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Thomas prevents Hansen from improving his position.
Thomas trying to control the pace.
Thomas's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hansen is trying to stand back up but Thomas is controlling him
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Hansen's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Thomas controlling the pace for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
It looks like Thomas might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
More stalling from Thomas.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas is landing with some decent strikes but Hansen is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Thomas controlling from the full mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas is continuing to stall.
Hansen is looking to improve his position but Thomas isn't that keen on the idea.
Thomas scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hansen?
Hansen is working to get back to half guard.
Thomas content just to control the position here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Let's hope that Thomas has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
A nice elbow there by Thomas.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Thomas tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Thomas looking to finish Hansen with some ground and pound. This is bad for Hansen!
Hansen is rocked!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Thomas dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Thomas clinches up with Hansen and pushes him back against the cage.
Oh Hansen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Thomas turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Thomas manages to end up in side control.
Hansen seems a little lost for a moment, as Thomas dominates the positioning.
Thomas has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Thomas cracks Hansen with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Thomas immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Hansen is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Thomas!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Thomas!
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G |
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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
31% |
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